Answers without, answers within

My blogpal Windy at Windmill on the Hill recently blogged about his experiences with White Shamans, which I found totally fascinating.

I have had dealings with some similar “White Practitioners” back in the day - underwent an exorcism of sorts: the bad spirit in question was supposedly a “guardian” of a pretty messed-up ex, that decided that since I’d “hurt” its master by breaking up, it would attach itself to me and cause me harm.

Or perhaps my ex sicced it on me.

I don’t remember / never really did get the whole story.  In a way, I didn’t want to know, and didn’t want to “believe” too much/strongly in the whole thing. Heck, one of the group — the husband of a friend of mine — advised me not to believe too much, because it would open me up / make me susceptible to other stuff out there.  Advice taken!

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What did the “exorcism” entail?  I remember that beforehand, I had to collect some ablution water from seven different mosques - can’t remember what it was used for, tho.  Once the start date/time was determined, the whole effort was carried out over the course of three or four days, at specific times of day.

A group of five or so people shared the burden/responsibility of conducting all that needed to be conducted.  There would be one main person, but I assume the others lent their energy or somehow supported the sessions without being physically involved.  My significant other at that time was also in attendance - I wanted someone not ‘involved’ in the sessions to keep an eye out for me, y’know?

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During one session, raw eggs were used, rolled all over my body and down each arm finishing at the fingertips / down the leg finishing at the toes.  When cracked open, attention was drawn to a few spots of blood in the yolk of one of the eggs: supposedly a sign that “it” had done me harm but the egg had drawn it out of me.

I then had to smear the egg all over myself including my hair, let it dry, then rinse (not wash) it all off. I smelt like egg all that day, LoL!

I also vaguely remember the use of a needle floating in a bowl of water - how the needle behaved was supposed to indicate if I’d been totally “cleansed” or not.

And right at the end, I was instructed to picture my ex’s face in my mind. I couldn’t.  The guy then nodded and said that was fine: if I had been able to, it meant that I held a grudge against the ex, and all the negativity and more that had been taken out of me would then be flung back to the source.  That I couldn’t picture the face indicated that I wanted the matter to be laid to rest there and then.  Sort of a dirty trick, I feel, not explaining until afterwards the meaning/consequences of picturing my ex’s face.  Then again, perhaps it’s just a way of getting the heart of hearts’ intentions?

Anyways … if any of you have similar/related tales to tell, I would love to hear/read them!  Do drop me a comment with your contribution, or point me to your blog post that explores it, k?

In the meantime, do check out the following posts by Windy, that prompted this post:

• Of Shamans and the powers that be: read about how a ‘ring of protection’ worked
• The White Shaman: observations of a Shaman at work
• More about Shamans and the powers that be: eating glass, and protecting against Thai wiles