by William J. Baldwin

The Catholic exorcism procedure, the Roman Ritual, has a long history of development. It finally reached its present format in the seventeenth century. It is still used by priests of the Catholic Church in cases of solemn exorcism. Between 1970 and 1980, there were more than 600 solemn exorcisms performed in the United States. It is still a viable procedure in the Church, though not publicized. Basically, the interaction between the possessing entity and the priest exorcist is adversarial; the demon is forced out in the name of Jesus Christ. It is just cast out, without a specified destination. The procedure offers no love, no compassion, no concern whatsoever for the entity, as though the fallen angel were not a God-created being.

Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (The Bible, 1 John 3:8). For nearly 2,000 years, beginning with Jesus as the exorcist, the demons and devils have been successfully expelled from their human hosts in His name. The demonic entities adhere to the belief system; they seem to accept the rules of the Church and the steps of the Roman Ritual exorcism procedures. They respond angrily and fearfully to the name of Jesus, to holy water, and to the relics of the saints or the cross. (Relics are said to be tiny pieces of the body or clothing of saints, or the wood of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.) They react strongly to the recitation of “The Lord’s Prayer” and the “23rd Psalm.” The victim of the demonic invasion does not have to be Catholic, or even religious, or profess any belief in God. It is the demonic entity who fears God, Jesus Christ, Archangel Michael, Mother Mary and other holy figures, and reacts through the host.

This form of exorcism is irresponsible with regard to the treatment and disposal of the entity. An entity can return to the same person. It can find another unwitting victim, or it can also attach to the priest exorcist. It is like removing a nail from the tire and tossing it out into the street. Either the person who tossed it, or someone else, may pick it up in their tire again.

Sequence of a Demonic Spirit Releasement

There is a specific, logical sequence of events in the releasement of the dark-energy beings, the demonic spirits. It has been developed by trial and error with many errors and many corrections. Once the diagnosis of darkness has been made, this sequence is followed.

1. Call on the Light to guide and direct the session.
2. Call on the Warrior Angels of Light to surround the area.
3. Call on the Mighty Rescue Spirits of Light to stand by for the work at hand.
4. Request the Mighty Rescue Spirits of Light to surround the dark one with a mesh of Light, a net of Light, a capsule of Light: impervious and inescapable. Request that they squeeze the capsule until the one inside is compliant and communicative.
5. Dialogue with the one inside the capsule. Discover the vulnerability which allowed the attachment, the purpose and effects of the attachment.
6. Direct the dark one to look within itself for its own key to freedom. (It will discover its own spark of Light.)
7. Discovery of its own light will lead to transformation of this little being. The darkness will disappear along with hostility and destructive behavior.
8. Call on Archangel Michael and the legions of Heaven for the work of rescuing the many dark-energy beings which will come. The transformed dark one will assist in summoning its underlings and subordinates, its associates and those of equal rank and stature. The therapist calls out in the name of the Light for those of higher rank and stature, and for all the replacements, unto the end of the replacements.
9. Request the Legions of Heaven to gather every dark one along every thread of any and every dark network involved or associated in any way with the client, the ancestors, the offspring including those yet unborn, with anyone who has married into this family or has been connected in any way.
10. Request that the Legions of Heaven continue this rescue of the dark ones, and to lift the path of freedom far, far from anyone involved in the session, the buildings of work and residence, and far from the earth plane.
11. Call for the Mercy Band of Rescue Angels of Light to gather and take home to the Light all those earthbound spirits now freed by the dark-energy beings as they are being lifted to their appointed place in the Light.
12. Give thanks to all those who assisted in the rescue work.

Release of the Demonic Entity

The basis for Spirit Releasement Therapy, this present approach to the treatment of spirit possession or attachment, is the firm knowledge that all created beings contain the spark of God consciousness. All else is illusory and transitory, part of the duality that constitutes this physical reality which encompasses good and evil, light and dark, right and wrong, and other polarities. The Book of Revelations outlines the beginning of the game, the act of choosing sides: Light or darkness. Every spark of God will return, and eventually all will join in the Oneness. This includes Lucifer, the ultimate prodigal son, and his legions of demons, “the Forces of Darkness.”

A clairvoyant may perceive the dark-energy being as a shape of dark gray or black, with a thin outline or aura of sickly yellow. The dark ones seem to know if a person can see them. They may assume ugly, menacing faces with vicious fangs and fierce red eyes. The gargoyle-like masks are meant to frighten and discourage the person gifted with this sight. The person with this ability can also perceive the beings of Light and can call on their assistance to remove these horrible images. Another defense against this intrusion is to demand in the name of the Light that they drop the Halloween-like costumes and show their true forms. They will frequently show up as the black blobs.

During a session, a client may focus within and describe a dark form or hideous face with red eyes, perhaps with surrounding flashes of red. The client may experience fear in reaction to what she is visualizing, she may express disgust at an ugly gargoyle-like face or black thing which is growling, snarling or hissing. An attached earthbound may explore within itself and discover and describe a similar apparition. With this description, the therapist must assume the presence of a dark-energy being, a demonic being. The therapist uses the client’s descriptor as the name of the dark being: growler, hisser, snarler, red eyes, gargoyle, blob or whatever distinctive description is given.

The client may describe an area of darkness within their body, perhaps moving or churning. This most often emerges with the recall of some traumatic event which left them with anger, rage, hatred or feelings of vengeance. The therapist probes for an entity within the darkness.

T: “Can you find a consciousness within that area of darkness? Is there something hidden in that darkness? Is there someone there?”

C: “Yes there is something there.”

T: “What color are the eyes?”

C: “Red.”

This newly discovered dark being will be defiant toward the therapist and threatening toward the client.

C: “She’s mine. Go away. Leave me alone. Go to hell.”

The therapist does not respond to these angry and defiant outbursts. This key diagnostic question will soon reveal the true identity of this red eyed intruder.

T: “Have you ever been alive in your own human body?”

It will not only deny being human but will answer the question derisively as if insulted. After all, who would want to be human?

T: “If you hate humans so much, why are you here? What is your purpose with her? What is your assignment?”

A demonic being will describe some form of interference, interruption, disruption with the family, occupation or goals. The purpose might be to stop her in her work. Most often the object is to block the person in every way possible.

T: “You, Blocker, how have you affected her? Have you stopped her?”

C: “No, but I’ve slowed her down.”

T: “Your assignment was to stop her and you have only slowed her down. How many lifetimes have you been trying to stop her?”

The answer may indicate a first lifetime attachment. More likely, however, the interference started many lifetimes before.

T: “You’ve been here that long and you have not accomplished your purpose, you have not completed your assignment. What happens to you when you fail? What is the punishment for failure?”

There is a denial of failure. The dark one begins to look and feel foolish and becomes defensive. The therapist presses in on this failure. There is concern over losing face and deep fear regarding the punishment for failure.

C: “I haven’t failed. I’ve slowed her down.”

T: “Big deal. Your assignment was to stop her. She is much stronger than you are.”

C: “No, she’s not. I’m stronger.”

T: “You have failed in your assignment, Blocker. You are going to be punished. Look outside, are they waiting for you?”

C: “Yes. I can’t go.”

The dark one will perceive other dark ones waiting outside. They always appear to the attached dark one as very angry. It knows they are here to take it back to the darkness. There will also be other dark ones lined up to replace this one. There are always numerous replacements. They are considered expendable by the dark superiors, though the attached ones do not know this. They think they are important and the only ones who could possibly perform their particular task. It’s like shark’s teeth or snake’s fangs: when one is lost, another drop into place individually, as needed, to replace the lost ones.

There may be an attitude of possessiveness and ownership. The dark one might state that its assignment is to take this one back to the master.

T: “You’re working for him. What is your reward for taking her back to your master? What do you get?”

C: “Nothing. I just get to do it. He doesn’t punish me.”

They act as if it were a privilege. This little dark one efforts and struggles without thought of reward.

The process of demonic spirit releasement requires fantasy, imagery, and acceptance of certain spiritual figures. This is not a religious exercise and does not require adherence to any religious belief or practice. This can be explained to the client before a session begins or after the dark one has been discovered. Certain names will be used and specific beings may be called on for help. They seem to be universal and not associate with any organized church or religion. Spirit beings are eternal. Human beings have developed the rules and restrictions of organized religion around misperceptions, misinterpretations, magical thinking and false individual beliefs.

The spirits who assist in this process may be archetypal or totally imaginary. They may also be absolutely real conscious beings existing in a non-physical reality of a vibrational level different than the earth level.

The following is the typical and idealized sequence of a releasement of a dark-energy form, the demonic spirit. Surprisingly, many sessions follow this format very closely.

T: “I call on the Christ Consciousness to guide and direct the healing work.”

Depending on the religious sensitivity of the client or the therapist, the word “Light” may be substituted for Christ Consciousness.

T: “I call on the Warrior Angels of Light, to stand against the darkness that would interfere.”

In the imagery, these powerful beings stand shoulder to shoulder around the space of the releasement proceedings forming a fortress surrounding in every direction, including overhead and underneath.

T: “I call on the Mighty Rescue Spirits of Light to work with us here in this place and time.”

The dark side has their own rescue spirits so it is imperative that the rescue spirits of Light be called. These angelic spirits capture and transport the dark ones back to their appointed and appropriate place in the Light. Their destination is distinctly separate from the path of evolution of the deceased spirits of human beings. In rare cases, with the appropriate preparation, a former dark one can join the reincarnation cycle and become a human being.

T: “Mighty Rescue Spirits, move deep inside this one (the client) and locate that dark one. In the name of the Light, bind that one in a net of light, a mesh of light, a capsule of light. An impenetrable, inescapable, impervious capsule of light surrounding that dark one now. Begin to squeeze the capsule of light, squeeze tighter and tighter, until that one cannot breathe. How does that feel, little darkness?”

The diminutive adjective, “little,” is purposely used to goad the dark-energy being. They may defend against this insult by replying that they are not little. It may prod a reluctant dark one into conversation.

A persecutor sub or alter personality will not see or feel the light. A sub-personality is at the same level of spiritual awareness as the client in conscious state. Except for the more powerful demonics, most of the dark ones will respond to the light surrounding them.

C: “It hurts, it burns. I can’t breathe. I’m dying.”

They are told by their superiors to avoid the Light, that it is harmful and they believe it. Some anthropomorphizing of the demonic being may be helpful. The request is directed to the Rescue Spirits to squeeze until this one cannot breathe. This is a powerful hypnotic suggestion to the dark one. Spirits do not breathe, though they are susceptible to suggestion and easily influenced and swayed. In all but the more advanced dark ones, the intellect is not well developed.

T: “What did they tell you about the Light?”

C: “They told me to stay away from it. They said it would burn, they said it would destroy me.”

T: “That is the third deception. Is it burning? Is it destroying you?”

C: “Yes, it’s burning.”

T: “Are you being destroyed?”

C: “No.”

T: “Look again, is it burning?”

C: “Well, no.”

T: “Did they lie to you?”

C: “Yes.”

T: “The third deception is that the Light is dangerous. The truth is, Light will not burn you in any way. Are you being destroyed?”

C: “No.”

T: “Did they lie to you?”

C: “Yes.”

T: “The second deception is that you can be destroyed, that you can be annihilated, that you can cease to be. The truth is, you cannot be destroyed, you can never cease being. You are an eternal spirit being. What’s happening to your edges as the capsule squeezes tighter?”

C: “They’ve getting fuzzy, they’re fading, they’re turning gray. They are disappearing.”

The true demonic beings have not been human, so they have no experience of dying, though they may have a sense of the concept due to contact with human minds. As their edges become fuzzy, gray or ragged, as they begin to disappear, they often momentarily fear death. They think fading means dying.

T: “Are you disappearing?”

C: “No.”

T: “They were partly right, something will disappear. What is happening to you right now?”

C: “I’m not burning. I’m not dying. I can breathe.”

There is very little belligerence at this point. The entity’s focus has been turned from its assignment with the client and its defiance and threats toward the therapist to thoughts of its own survival. It begins to understand that it has been deceived.

T: “You realize they deceived you about the Light. Did they lie to you about anything else?”

C: “I don’t know.”

T: “What will happen to you now?”

C: “I can stay here.”

T: “THAT IS NOT AN OPTION. You cannot stay with this person. What will happen to you if we open the capsule?”

Almost always, other dark ones are standing outside a distance away. These are the watchers. They report back to headquarters with information about the proceedings. They also seek to retrieve the captured dark ones and return them to their superiors. The little dark being often begins to show fear. It knows the punishment for failure.

C: “I can’t go with them.”

T: “Look out there. Are they waiting for you?”

C: “Yes, they’re angry.”

T: “What happens to you when you fail? You have been discovered and you have spoken with us. That constitutes failure. Recall another time when you failed. What happened?”

The dark beings are just as susceptible to the command “Recall” as any client. They will often become quite agitated. They remember and describe the place of punishment as cold and dark. They can hear others moaning and wailing but can never get close to any other being. They are alone. They are kept there for a very long time. They are threatened with an eternal stay in this cold dark place, their suffering terminated only by annihilation. They label this place The Pit. It is described as hell. They do not want to go back.

T: “There is one other option. Are you interested? Are you curious? Curiosity is a sign of intelligence.”

C: “Yes.”

T: “Turn and look deep inside yourself. Begin to focus deep inside, to your center, to the very center of your being, to the very core of your existence. What do you find?”

C: “Nothing, it’s just dark.”

T: “Keep looking. What did your superiors tell you about what’s inside you?”

C: “There is nothing there except darkness.”

T: “That is the first deception. Keep looking. Through the darkness, through the layers of black slime. Keep looking, keep going, right into your center.”

If the dark entity shows hesitation and obvious fear, the therapist offers to metaphorically go with it in the search.

T: “Are you afraid? Would you like me to go with you?”

Surprisingly, the answer is often a timid “Yes.”

T: “Then by an act of will, create a tunnel to the center of your being. Together we walk side by side down the tunnel, not touching, neither ahead nor behind. Let’s move swiftly down the tunnel. Is that better?”

C: “Yes.”

T: “Let’s keep moving. What do you see ahead? Look carefully.”

C: “Nothing. There is nothing. It is just dark everywhere.”

T: “Let’s keep going. Keep looking ahead. What do you see?”

C: “There is some light. Just a little light.”

T: “No, they told you there was nothing inside.”

C: “Yes, there is light up ahead.”

T: “They deceived you. They told you there was no light inside. The first deception is that there is no spark of Light at your center. This is the denial of God, a deception of the first magnitude. This spark of Light is the spark of God consciousness. The truth is, every created being is a spark of God consciousness, each in a slightly different frequency or vibration, so each is recognizable. It is the spark at the center of your being which gives you eternal life. No one can take it from you. The dark ones can neither give you life nor can they take it away. Once you believe the first deception, that there is no Light at your center, you will believe the second deception, that you can cease to be. After that you will believe anything. They tell you the Light is harmful and you must stay away from it. If you believe this third deception and obey this command, you will never learn about the Light. How does it feel to know they deceived you from the beginning?”

C: “I don’t like it. I’m angry. They lied to me.”

T: “Would you continue to serve these masters who deceived you like this?”

C: “No.”

T: “You can go on ahead now, you don’t need me any longer. Describe what you see.”

This is the remnant of the fear instilled by their superiors. The Light has been described as a flicker, a spark, a candle, a speck, a little flame, a red coal, a pearl, a diamond, a star, a ruby, a crystal, an emerald, a fire, a sun. Occasionally the being describes a scene such as a meadow with a sun overhead which grows larger and warmer or a stream bubbling from a spring. The spring is the metaphor for source and it will begin to glow.

T: “What happens to it as you continue to observe? What happens to the little spark?”

C: “It goes bigger. It’s growing.”

The spark always grows larger after the encapsulated dark being discovers it. The dark watchers can sometimes funnel dark energy past the Warrior Angels of Light into the attached dark one even though it is bound in the capsule of light. It might report that its spark is getting smaller. The belligerence and defiance may flare up. It might begin to express hostility again. This indicates there has been a breach in the defenses.

When this happens the therapist calls on the Rescue Spirits to squeeze even tighter, and the dark one will get lighter again and more compliant. As the interaction continues, it may turn darker once again. This means there is interference from the outside; dark energy is being funneled in somehow. The therapist calls for help.

T: “I call on the Warrior Angels to locate any pipeline, any conduit, any fiber, any thread, any connection from an outside source of dark energy to this one inside. Warrior Angels of Light, cut and sever any conduit of dark energy coming into the capsule. Disconnect any timeline, any pipeline, any supply line of dark energy coming into this encapsulated one. Crush any attempt to funnel dark energy into this space. Cut and sever completely any conduit of dark energy from any source to this dark one inside.”

In a moment, the one in the capsule will report the spark is again growing larger. The breach has been sealed.

T: “Move closer to it now. Move closer to the spark of Light as it grows. How does it feel? Does it burn?”

C: “No. It feels warm.”

T: “Step into it. It is your own Light. It is the center of your being. It is who you are. You can start by putting just one toe into the Light. Now you can step right into it. Stand tall in your own Light, little friend. How does that feel?”

Once the dark being has stepped into its own Light, the darkness disappears, the transformation is complete, and the therapist can use the term “friend” if it feels appropriate.

C: “It’s warm. Peaceful.”

T: “How long since you have felt warm?”

C: “I don’t remember.”

T: “How long since you felt peaceful?”

C: “I can’t remember.”

T: “What has happened to your dark form, the darkness we first saw?”

C: “It’s gone.”

Some will say it has melted, dissolved, it’s disappearing, turning gray, turning light, or just gone.

T: “Look out at the rescue spirits of Light who have come for you. How does your Light compare to theirs? Can you see it?”

C: “Mine is not as bright.”

T: “In your appointed place in the Light you will find peace. Your Light will grow and become stronger. There is no pain, no punishment in the Light. It is warm and safe. How does that sound?”

C: “Sounds wonderful.”

This transformed dark spirit, this former demon is ready to go home to the Light, safely on a new path. But this work is not complete yet. As the release process continues, the therapist can also probe for other dark ones, working individually and in groups.

Excerpt from Spirit Releasement Therapy

See Part II here.