The Truth About Parasite Spirits

Witchcraft does not require grand rituals to open doors that should remain closed.

Any act that shifts energy, even something as simple as lighting a candle with intent, creates movement, leaves a residue, and produces consequences. And not all consequences are good. 

One of the most common is the unwanted attraction of parasite spirits: intrusive entities that attach themselves to humans or animals, draining them and occupying a space that was never offered. This phenomenon is the cause of much trouble, physical and mental, which only intensifies as time passes.

What follows examines the nature of spiritual parasites, how they operate, and why they appear so easily when humans make mistakes.

Understanding Lower Entities

People who deny the existence of lesser spirits do so because they were lucky to never meet one. Still, defining them is extremely difficult.

Spiritual parasites, also known as energy feeders, larval entities or entity attachments, are dual spirits that feed on decay. They cause mental disturbance and madness. Over time, this pressure leads to complete instability.

Much like narcissists or psychopaths, their nature is exploitative. What they cannot control, they corrode. Their ultimate intention is the destruction of the human they have attached themselves to. 

These lower forms delight in making humans miserable. They are not whole beings and their power has limitations, but they can be very clever. They know how to trick people, and they don't miss any opportunity to do so.

The most common are lower demons and djinns. Both are always mistaken for something greater than they are. They are the most common precisely because they are the most frequently invoked by humans who don't really understand what they are doing. For example, someone may perform a homemade pact with Lucifer while, in reality, they are dealing with a low-rank demon.

However, not everything depends on us. Parasitic entities rely on momentum. They thrive in environments where persistent stress and agitation are present, because those conditions keep them active. Public hospitals are full of parasite spirits. Have you ever felt uncomfortable when entering a hospital? It is not because of the smell, nor because of the sick people.

Natural-born witches can barely remain inside healthcare institutions. We notice it immediately when we enter.

Objects also act as entry points. Certain items do attract lower spirits, like dream catchers, tarot cards, religious statues, and demon sigils. Things that are handled repeatedly, used ritually, or emotionally invested in accumulate a spiritual charge over time. Antiques are the most well-known example: this is why many people feel terrified around old furniture without knowing why. 

In some cases, this discomfort develops into epiplaphobia, an irrational aversion to older pieces.

I would call it parasitephobia.

Vintage dolls are another popular place for these lost souls to take up residence. Their creepiness is a fact: dolls make people feel uncomfortable. We can intuitively feel the weird ambivalence coming from them. Why? Perhaps is it because they resemble humans while clearly not being human? 

But the real reason is simpler: many old dolls are, in fact, haunted. Spirits are drawn to dolls because they offer the closest approximation to a living person they can find.

The Danger of Blood Offerings

When a lower spirit has made an appearance in your life, there is always a cause.

Internet is the best thing ever to happen to parasite entities. On a daily basis, people are exposed to terrible advice about witchcraft in general, and home spellwork in particular. Any inexperienced practitioner now has access to advanced ritual instructions that exceed their level, leading to consequences they are not capable of controlling. 

Blood offerings are their own category of risk.

Human blood is a life force spirits crave. In fact, all spirits like blood. For Lucifer and demons, human blood is an exquisite fluidum vītae and the most powerful offering in ceremonial black magic. It is used for demonic pacts because of the intimacy of the act. Once blood is involved, a deal is permanently sealed. And is vibrant red color intensifies the ritual atmosphere and its beauty.

That said, no good spirit wants you to hurt yourself. A couple of drops as an offering is enough. Common sense does well to guide. There's no need to be dramatic and make cuts straight out of a gore movie, thinking your rituals will be more solemn or they will be taken more seriously. 

When too much blood is presented in a ritual space, it draws the wrong kind of attention. Demons have no interest in such quantities. Parasite spirits, on the other hand, will arrive to feed on this feast of blood. And once a lower spirit has come into contact with your blood, there is no stronger attachment than one formed through your biology.

This also happens very frequently with menstrual blood offerings.

Some witches romanticize menstruation as inherently sacred, but not everything that comes out of our bodies has magical value. They don't understand that blood offerings of endometrial variety are useless. Menstrual blood is nothing more than the shedding of uterine tissue and the biological evidence that conception didn't take place. 

I'm not saying that menstruation is impure, as Abrahamic religions affirm, but there's nothing special about it either. Using period blood to enhance rituals is no different from adding mucus or fecal matter. Demons or good spirits don't want it. Parasite entities do. They are always ready to take whatever they can, so the menstrual blood refused by demons is a delight for them.

That is why every time I read a witch saying that Lilith or Hecate loves her menstrual blood, I can't help but think that she is actually dealing with a lower spirit masquerading as them.

Parasites love to take advantage of these mistakes. And they will. 

Spiritual Binding

Marriage between humans and spirits is a reality. These are living practices in certain countries, with the intention to form a constructive relationship with an entity and obtain their protection and blessings. 

What a strange world we live in. 

These spiritual shenanigans are known as divine coupling. Of course, they usually come at a cost, one that sooner rather than later begins to show itself in some very unpleasant ways. Spiritual marriages or bindings offer no advantage other than allowing the spirit to mess with you non-stop. Beings willing to enter this kind of arrangement in the first place generally don't have good intentions.

Demon attunement spells were one of the most common — and strangest — requests I received when I was active on Etsy. Listings offering so-called demon attunements were rampant, and I always had to explain to buyers that there is no such thing as a permanent attachment to a demon. You can't bind a demon to yourself or another person, much less forever.

This should not be confused with voluntary possession, which is an entirely different matter.

I don't know if those psychics were deliberately deceiving people or if they genuinely believed they were attaching a demon to someone. What I do know is that, during that time, I had to remove countless parasite attachments that had formed as a direct result of these services.

Stay away from demonic attunements. At best, you'll lose some money or have a bad experience. At worst, you'll end up in a mental institution or six feet under.

The Dangers of Ouija Boards

The art of direct spirit communication is an open invitation to malevolent spirits.

Take the infamous Ouija board, for example.

Even the most skeptical people on the planet report disturbing experiences during an ouija session. When asked about it, the most common response is, “I would never do that again.” No wonder.

Parasites love ouija boards because it is their golden opportunity to appear as the dead. Nothing good comes from ouija, especially when the intention is to speak with loved ones who have passed or your ancestors. Leave them alone. If you are a teenager who wants to play with an ouija board with your girlfriends just to see what happens, I promise you will be safer at a rave taking MDMA with 20 strangers. 

Homemade magick or DIY witchcraft is not safe for the same reason: there is no structure, no hierarchy, and no protection.

Homemade magic or do-it-yourself witchcraft is not safe. There is no structure, no hierarchy, and no protection. TikTok witches have created the illusion that conjuring spirits is harmless. What you see online is nothing more than copy-and-paste nonsense: spells copied, symbols reused, and invocations performed by people who have no idea what they are calling or why. This creates unnecessary exposure to spirits.

People Vulnerable to Spirit Attachments

Spirits can smell misery from miles away. A clean, grounded, and healthy human is not the preferred target for them. They search for depression, anxiety, mental imbalance, and any sign that a person is neglecting themselves.

Addiction, in particular, creates ideal conditions for them. Drug users show visible deterioration, not only because of their problem, but because they have parasite entities around them. To spirits, addiction proves the existence of weakness and lack of self-respect. This makes them the perfect host. Once the spirit attaches itself to them, further erosion follows.

What many people don't know is that drug addiction is a problem involving many different factors. Few imagine that spiritual interference is one of them.

Even drug addicts come to this conclusion over time. You can read it in rock star biographies. When their addiction spirals out of control, they begin to wonder if something else has taken hold of them. Interestingly, many of these musicians love dabbling in occult practices they barely understand just to look edgy. You know: pentagrams, blood rituals, tattoo sigils, and all kinds of Satanic imagery. At that point, it's difficult to know where one problem ends and the next begins.

The truth is that an environment reflecting insanity, disorder, and filth attracts spirits. These feeders are immensely attracted to negativity in any form, and dirty and crowded houses are luxury five-star hotels for them. Popular museums are a good example of the opposite. Despite housing hundreds of objects from different cultures and historical periods, many carrying centuries of history and spiritual weight, they remain harmonized due to constant care, order, and preservation. Lesser spirits don't feel at ease in pristine and well organized places. 

How to Remove Spiritual Parasites

The good news is that problemas with parasite spirits are generally rare. There’s no need to be overly cautious about them. Proximity alone is not enough: a person can be surrounded by parasites without never becoming a target. Prevention and common sense are the best way to avoid the problem. 

Fortunately, a self-created magical mess is easy to recognize. It usually begins when you sense that something is wrong with you or your home after experimenting with any of the practices mentioned above.

What exactly are the signs that you have an unwanted spiritual guest? You may notice strange, unpleasant smells with no apparent source. You can't sleep. Bruises or small wounds appear on your hands and arms, and you can't remember how you got them or where they came from. You feel something watching you, especially at night. The atmosphere around you grows heavier over time.

If the issue is confirmed, if the attachment is a fact, you must establish control. How do you remove a spiritual attachment? 

Don't listen to new-age occultists who advise you to ask lower entities to leave, much less to ask them nicely. Spirits don't want your fake friendliness. Actually, personal engagement and attention encourage them.

The fastest and most effective way to banish parasites is doing a demonic curse removal. Lower spirits fear demons. They obey them. A demonic magick cleanse, followed by a protection ritual, banishes the problem immediately and permanently. When you build up a strong connection with demons via demonic practice, you don't have to worry about spiritual hygiene nearly as much. The constant presence of demons as guardians has a talismanic effect around you. Spirits won't dare to mess with you.

Remember, they are opportunists. They know who to bother and who to leave alone.

After that, celebrate your protection. Create your own magical ceremony with a symbolic fumigation. Take a good long shower or ritual bath, and clean your home to avoid any residual damage. Have selenite in your bedroom. Burn rosemary. Release something to the wind. Magically perfume your space. Prepare yourself a nice drink.

The only terrifying thing in your house now is your power.