Defending Against Psychic Attacks

By Carlos Ruiz Poleo

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Thousands of books have been written about happiness and how to achieve it but these do not consider outer influences from other humans in our life. Of course, all of us would like to be happy and without problems. But many of us have had bad experiences or some sort of problems in our daily life without them having a logical cause or a possible explanation. Some things did not go as expected despite all of our efforts. We are sometimes victims of unforeseen accidents. We sometimes are also unable to reach our foreseen immediate goals which previously were considered very simple even though we were fighting hard to achieve them.
We do not know why these events occur but most people attribute it to a possible bad luck at the time or something which was meant to be. A second group either by superstition, or rightly sustained, attribute them to a third partys influence that is considered as an evil-eyed person or bird of ill omen. A third smaller group attributes causes to premeditated attacks from witches or sorcerers and to have been the target of curses or spells.
Negative intentions that could be either normal or enhanced are what we call psychic attacks. My idea is to give orientation on something undeniable that exists although is blindly rejected by many. Superstitions and myths are analyzed into a logical, rational and partly scientific framework.
There are strong cultural differences between people from the western hemisphere and those from the orient, and even between people that speak a common language but are separated by geographical or political boundaries. But when common human reactions and events are observed in several different environments, this makes us think that certain truth should be something underlying as the origin and outcomes of those events.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483647494

Carlos Ruiz Poleo

About the Author Carlos J. Ruiz Poleo; born in Caracas (Venezuela) 25 Dec. 1943. Studies in Physics, Electronics, Foreign Trade and International Relations. His main activity has been as sales engineer for innovative lighting products and instruments. He has been also active in Foreign Trade, Diplomatic Foreign Service and international marketing. His technical background made him very skeptical about paranormal phenomena about which he conducted private research for more than thirty years. His command of six languages and constant international travelling allowed him to deeply investigate phenomena in other cultures. He also studied the Chinese art of Chi-Gong (Qi Gong) with emphasis in healing techniques. He published three books in Spanish of which this is the second one to be translated into English. The other two are “Reincarnation and Hyper-Link Theory (Are we born again?)” and the third one in Spanish deals with “How humans are able to manipulate subtle (vital) energy”.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Attacks

1.   Unexpected Attacks and Nightmares

2.   Attack or Bad Luck

3.   Occurrences

4.   Friends Meeting

5.   Who is Attacking Me and What for?

6.   When and How I am Attacked

7.   Ethereal Components of the Human System

8.   Attacks or Ambushes

9.   Negligence, Recklessness, or Self-attack

10.   Could Attacks Come from Another Realm?

11.   Possession and Exorcism

Defense

12.   Preparing our Defense

13.   Amulets and Talismans

14.   Power of Utterances

15.   Who is Able To Help Us?

16.   Who has Command Power on Matter?

17.   Protecting Shield

No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.

—Luke 8:16

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For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

—Luke 8:17

Preface

Many of us have had bad experiences or some problems without them having a logical cause or a possible explanation. Some things do not go as expected despite all of our efforts. We are sometimes victims of unforeseen accidents. We are unable to reach our immediate goals, which previously were considered very simple, although we were prepared to fight hard to achieve them.

We do not know why these events occur but most people attribute it to a possible bad luck at that time or something that was meant to be. A second group, either by superstition or rightly sustained, attribute them to a third party’s influence that is considered as an evil-eyed person, bird of ill omen, ill-fated, doom-laden, ominous, baleful, hapless, and so forth. A third, smaller group attributes causes to premeditated attacks from witches, sorcerers, or to have been the target of curses, jinxes, or spells.

Negative intentions that could be either normal or enhanced are what we call psychic attacks. My idea is to give orientation on something that exists although is blindly denied by many. Superstitions and myths are analyzed into a logical, rational, and partly scientific framework.

There are indeed cultural differences between people from the Western hemisphere and those from the Orient, and even between people that speak a common language but are separated by geographical or political boundaries. But when common human reactions and events are observed in several different environments, this makes us think that certain truth should be in the origin and outcomes of those events.

We realized that it is very important to understand and accept that our human system is formed by three different components: the material body, the soul as the life energy component, and the spirit as commanding higher self with power control over matter and energy. Accepting this means to be free of dogmas.

Altered states of consciousness are considered to be the gate to enhancing intent, either good or evil, and this plays an important role in our defense.

Chapter 1

UNEXPECTED ATTACKS AND NIGHTMARES

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Unexpected Attacks—A group of mostly young people was walking slowly along the narrow paths of the jungle. The burden of their backpacks seemed to get heavier every other minute and their sweaty bodies called for a break. They were members of an expedition team sent by a society of natural sciences and they had to carry not only their personal belongings, but also each specialty collection kits. Albert, who was in the group of botanists, was about to abandon in the jungle the heavy wooden presses he was carrying, which were used to insert the collected plant samples. But the idea that any of those plants corresponded to new unknown species induced him to continue supporting the sacrifice. To him all was necessary for the benefit of science.

After an exhausting return trek, and when they were about to reach the base camp, Albert inadvertently stepped near a cave where a snake emerged. It seemed that she felt threatened and reacted violently, causing him a bite. Fortunately it was one of the species for which there was antivenom serum, which they always carried with them any time they went into the jungle. Although he avoided a possible death, the event caused a commotion and made the team to change their plans.

That night, sitting around a campfire, the group commented that to be attacked by an animal to which they did not intend to do any harm was bad luck. It was an event similar to a passerby who, while innocently walking down the street, is attacked and bitten by a dog. To them, as members of an expedition, it had been taught a rule of jungle survival to avoid any unprotected approach to caves or tree holes and also that explorers should thoroughly inspect the place where they plan to sit and rest, which preferably should be a large and clean stone. The attacks of venomous animals and insects were generally defensive responses when that animal believes itself to be attacked by a predator.

What applies to the jungle is also valid for the concrete jungle that is the city. Many times we are attacked without cause by a human urban predator. An involuntary action or distraction on our part can generate an attack against us. When we are in the wrong place at the wrong time, we can be assaulted and physically abused. If we inadvertently crossed a street, we can suffer a hit-and-run attack by a passing vehicle. And what is worse, many times people around us in our own workplace, home, or study institution unjustifiably attack us without us having initiated any offensive action, at least consciously.

Justified or not, consequences of any physical attack will make people suffer the effects regardless of the degree of intent that the attacker could have had. For example, a child playing throws a rock and it accidentally hits another person and inflicts a wound, although that was not the intention of the child. In another case, an adult is also launching a rock, but this time with malice or anger during a fight, causing an equivalent wound. In both cases the consequences are similar: wounds; although the intentions were different, one was an accident and the other was an intentional attack.

Irrational animals instinctively react against what they consider a threat, but we are humans, so rational beings; therefore, we usually stop to assess the intention of the aggression before reacting, unless we could be mistaken or misinterpret the attack. Often, children while playing throw objects at us that can hit or cause any pain, but we cannot react in the same way as if they had been thrown by an adult with malice. Many people understand that some sort of attack or accident could not have been intentional, and behave sympathetically and benevolently; others do react violently like primitive animals, though the attack was unintentional and unconscious. The latter, arrogant, angry people, are the human equivalent to snakes. However, there are other animals, such as domesticated dogs, which although irrational do not always react violently. It is difficult for a pet dog that is inadvertently hit to react by attacking his own master; they usually just groan and walk away. The dog’s reaction to the master is the intermediate response between that of an animal totally wild as the serpent and a rational animal as we are.

In any case, the ideal situation is not to suffer any attack, whether intentional or not, because the person would suffer the consequences. An alien who is passing through a country where there are armed conflicts can be killed by a bomb explosion although he was not involved in the conflict. In these cases, countries always recommend to their fellow citizens not to travel to areas of conflict, which is a form of preventive defense. If a person, despite the warnings of his government, insists on travelling to the war zone, he would be acting in a negligent manner and would not be subject to good or bad luck. It’s like crossing recklessly through a gun-shooting field. Recklessness has no excuse.

The snake bite is a physical attack, such as an assault or being hit by a vehicle, but we are also constantly under attack, not physically, but psychically. The people around us unjustly attack us when they think we’re doing something that hurts them, something misinterpreted as we were taking away something they believe belongs to them on an exclusive basis, or that puts them at a disadvantage. Jealousy, envy, apparent contempt, and workplace conflicts generate psychic attacks without us believing that we are doing something wrong against these people. It’s like the aggressive reaction of the snake when it thinks you are attacking it. Our grandparents always spoke of a hidden enemy.

Nightmares

James was suffering from constant nightmares; in some of them he was pursued by poisonous snakes that tried to bite him, in others the persecutors were huge tarantula spiders. He also dreamt of falling dawn an abyss. Nightmares were varied but all included suffering and fear. Sometimes he woke up sweating and his heart pounding. Some years before, his brother Albert got a real snakebite and he was saved by being injected with antivenin, but in his case he didn’t know of any anti-nightmare injection. He was gradually getting physically affected to the extent that everyone around him could notice it. Sometimes when arriving at his workplace his colleagues made jokes about the dark circles around eyes that could be due to supposed nights spent in strippers’ clubs and hence he was not sleeping enough.

His boss, one of the very few that took care of his employees’ troubles, conscious of James change of appearance, summoned him to his office to ascertain what was going on with his, so far, very efficient employee. The first question was to inquire whether he had any serious health or emotional family problems, and in the worst case if he was dedicated to the dolce vita (good life). As his employee, any of these situations could affect his work performance. The interview was brief, as there were no apparent problems other than the annoying recurring nightmares.

James got afraid when bedtime approached and he didn’t know how to avoid facing the nightmares; therefore, he kept on reading or watching TV until very late. This situation was creating problems of insomnia and lack of proper rest. He even changed his last meal of the night for a lighter one, but this did not seem to have any influence or improvement. After several weeks, the exhaustion seemed to have won. Forces and work motivation had dropped significantly. A coworker, seeing him in that condition, suggested he go see a doctor. This comment made him reconsider and realize that the problem was affecting him to the point that his coworkers were noticing his worsening health. Then he remembered an old friend, who was a doctor specializing in homeopathy but originally a psychiatrist, who could treat him holistically and conduct a comprehensive examination. James did not like doctors who prescribe pills automatically. He was afraid of collateral effects.

David, his doctor friend, was that day in high spirits and was up listening to Bach sonatas. After taking a frugal breakfast, he was ready to go to his office where he would face the usual problems of his patients, and by listening to the music he tried to prolong his good mood before it would be later transformed into bitterness. His many years of experience had formed him a hard outer crust, difficult to penetrate, and he did seem insensitive to certain circumstances. His career background gave him a lesson that he should not be directly involved with the problems of his patients, because it would reduce his chances of helping them. He had to be prepared for his mission and this included some toughness, both in expression and in his reactions. He always remembered the example mentioned by one of his teachers who compared his medical profession with that of a lifeguard on the beach. If a lifeguard allowed the person who was drowning to clutch to him improperly or the victim was treated very delicately, then both would be at risk of drowning together. To rescue the despairing person and prevent himself from drowning, there were cases where it was necessary to hit the victim hard to save them. In a certain way, the problems of his patients should not affect him that much; those he would rather consider as movies where the protagonist was the only one who suffered, not the viewer.

David’s friends were accustomed to observing and accepting some weird behavior from him, but considered it to be part of his psychiatric activity. For instance, he had developed a deep fear of the devil or anything related to it. To his assistants, it was strictly forbidden to mention in his presence or in his office words such as devil, demon, Beelzebub, Lucifer, etc.; and over that point he never accepted any argument or debate.

Upon deciding to pay a visit to his friend, James did not tell his wife that he would go to the psychiatrist—it could sound worrying—but instead he said that he would visit the homeopath, referring to the physician’s second specialty. Early next day he came into the doctor’s office with some reluctance, thinking that psychiatrists were meant to cure or treat patients with various levels of insanity or imbalance; and of course, he did not belong to any of these groups. From the moment he walked in, James experienced briefly exchanged glances. While James peered around, like a cat entering an unfamiliar room, David looked at him sharply. For him as a physician it was a natural, almost reflexive conduct, he was always looking for some gesture that will give him a sign of possible disorders. He acted like dentists who observe unwittingly everyone’s mouths at a party or gathering. Although they had known each other for some time, David had never seen him as a patient, but concluded he did not seem so unhealthy because he came to the office alone. When patients arrived accompanied by relatives it is usually a signal; they arrive escorted by family under pressure and deceit, because in those cases patients refuse to accept that there is any disorder that affects them.

After recounting to David the problem caused by the repeated nightmares, James asked him to provide a solution different from taking drugs or sleeping pills, because he did not want to be initiated as a drug-dependent. The observation was not casual, but David was not that kind of doctor who sought solutions through drug-based treatments. He always preferred to go to the root of the problem. Drugs were only prescribed in severe cases to prevent patients from suffering unnecessarily or cause harm to others and even to themselves. The asylum was left as the last option.

James looked forward to David’s questions, always fearing that they would lead him down an unknown path. He tried to read in his face some kind of diagnosis, an expression of rejection, solidarity, understanding—in short, something that would indicate where the physician’s inquiries were heading. But he just found a stone face, imperturbable and difficult to read. He realized that it was quite different to see him as a doctor than as a friend, and assumed he would be a difficult opponent to play poker with.

After having checked his blood pressure and completed a brief physical examination, including ear, nose, and throat, he asked him some questions that would help to complete the clinical screening. He paid close attention to his patients and analyzed their problems holistically, considering the mind-body interaction.

When did you start experiencing these recurring nightmares?

I don’t remember exactly; it could have been two or three weeks ago.

I need you to remember exactly. If you cannot tell me the date, try to remember the time and circumstances when your nightmares began and whether they coincided with a family or work problem.

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Yes, I think it was three weeks ago, but as far as I remember, it did not match any family or work problem. Being so, I could have found the cause by myself. It is precisely that which I do not understand, because I am not currently under any stressful situation or nervous breakdown.

"In your case, if I were a shaman in a tribe of North America, the first thing I would have recommended to you is a dream catcher, which is an ornament that has feathers and a net that traps bad dreams. So everything would have been simpler. Although I have to admit that only if you had the firm conviction that it would help, then good results had to be the outcome. But in your case it is alien to your culture, you haven’t grown up with the conviction to be effective. It is a type of amulet, and as such, if you do not fully believe in its power it is totally ineffective. I’ll ask you some other weird questions, but do not think that because I’m a psychiatrist I’m treating you like a madman. The questions would seem out of place, but then I’ll explain you why. Have you perceived any foul-smelling odors like those of a leaking sewer, rotten meat, or a dead animal, especially when people around you don’t feel the same way and there is nothing physically near you that could have produced it?

Fortunately, no.

In your dwelling or workplace, have you observed any leaks or cracks lately?

Wow! Are you going now to offer your services as a repairman?

I warned you, questions are rare but have a reason.

Well, certainly, in my room came a crack and I thought it was just the building settling, and down the hall to the kitchen is some moisture that appears to be a leak. But I do not understand what it has to do with my nightmares. If you were looking at a problem caused by allergies or asthma, I can understand that type of question regarding leaks; but hey, you know what you do.

When you go to bed and you are not fully asleep, have you ever heard a strange noise, like a twig that breaks or a click?

Now I realize that I am facing a psychiatrist! Really, you are! But to answer your strange question, I’ll answer with a definite no. I haven’t heard anything like that, or at least I haven’t noticed. And I must add that I haven’t seen as well any presence of ghosts or heard the sound of chains dragging; neither have I heard little voices whispering something in my ear.

Okay, let’s focus on your nightmares. When you have these bad dreams, have you also felt something pressing on your chest, as if someone is pushing on you?

I think I felt something a couple of times, but I thought it was flatulence.

"The origin of the word for nightmare in Spanish, pesadilla, meant feeling something heavy on the chest, and it was linked to breathing difficulties during sleep. Did you also experience during daytime unusual fatigue and laziness?"

Yes, but I think that was due to the lack of sleep.

Have you had any sense of fear or insecurity without any apparent reason? I mean the sensation or feeling that something bad could happen, a feeling generally accompanied by an involuntary contraction in the lower abdomen, which some call butterflies in the stomach—something similar to that which many of us experience while boarding a plane, or that which we feel before facing a situation for which we were not prepared.

At times I have felt something, but I think it’s due to associating nightmares with the occurrence of certain bad things, as if they were a warning or something foreboding.

When you get up in the morning, have you ever observed on your body unexplained bruises or scrapes? These usually are yellowish and then get away quickly. Many people do not know how to explain it and say they had inadvertently hit an object in their sleep or the day before.

I remember a few days ago my wife asked me what had happened to my arm because I got a small circular purple bruise. Surely some evil thought crossed her mind by the way she asked. I think she was not satisfied with my answer when I said I didn’t know, and that I could have inadvertently stumbled on some file cabinet in the office. I really did not know what caused it, and my answer’s uncertainty must have fueled her suspicions.

"Look, James, in principle I will prescribe homeopathic globules of Aconitum and sulphur to help you with the problem of getting a good night’s sleep, but first of all I want to clarify that your problem seems to reside in the psyche or the mental part of your organism."

David, is that a fancy way of saying that I have a screw loose in my head?

"No way! My experience tells me, based on my observations, that you don’t require any additional laboratory tests or electroencephalogram, so you have no loose screws at all. You, so far, haven’t suffered any physical pain and even fewer headaches or migraines. The only consequence of your nightmares is exhaustion. But we should be careful, because fatigue can increase to a point where resistance is depleted from your body and cause you some kind of psychosomatic illness. The problems of the psyche may have two causes: the first, biological or chemical, which in principle I rule out for your case; and the second, propelled by a psychic attack, and I just think your problem falls into the second category."

How’s that for a psychic attack? Is there any ghost or evil spirit that haunts me, like in the movies?

"I will try to explain it in a simpler way, which is quite difficult. It’s like TV commercials that want to tell us something all in just a few seconds and often do not. Our bodies are not just these two bodies you see sitting here in my office. Each person is constituted by two or more components, depending on who made the analysis. No doubt, the first of our elements is physical in nature, is matter, is the meat and bones that make up our body, matter that is subject to damage or disease, and it is in this material body we specialize. But we also have other components as well, which are also subject to damage although they are not material. One of them is subject to psychic attacks; taking into account that psychic comes from a Greek word, psykis, which was used as opposed to material or physis. You could say, in a simplistic way, that it is something in the human being that is not physical is psychic, or vice versa, although they are closely linked. In your case, using the ancient Greek concept that humans have two components, you were attacked in your mental side, not the physical one. But considering the ancient Christian version and that of some Eastern religions in which they associate three components to humans: the body, the soul, and the spirit, you would have been attacked on your spiritual side. When your brother was bitten by a snake, he was attacked physically, now you are, mentally. I’m using the word mentally to make it simpler, although our brain and mental processes are just one tool of our higher self or spirit."

But who is going to attack me if I have no enemies?

Do you think the snake that did bite your brother was his enemy?

Of course, it wasn’t. These reptiles do not think. But what is the relationship of that event to my troubles?

"What I mean is that we are often unfairly targeted as a reaction to something that someone else considers a first strike from us. As we feel no guilt for causing harm, we find it difficult to determine the origin of an attack, as the enemy is hidden in anonymity and it could possibly be someone who would be the last person you would expect something similar from. It is the equivalent of the serpent that did bite your brother. An unconscious or unimportant act by you may have given rise to a snake attacking anywhere without notice. It may be jealous love, bitterness, labor or neighborhood resentments, or the envy and ambition of others. This type of attack is a simple reaction or counterattack to an alleged first attack from you, but you do not realize it as the unknown triggering action was unconscious and involuntary.

People justify their counterattacks as a defensive reaction and feel no remorse for it. There are cases in which even a beggar who begs for alms and does not receive it becomes a psychic attacker, basing his reaction on a mixture of envy and alleged arrogance on our part when deemed to have been rejected or neglected. He did not bother to think that the person at that time carried no money to give, or just did not see or hear him. The teaching out of these cases is that we should behave as if we were walking in the forest, being careful not to step on an animal that can attack us. Sometimes our simple joy on a good outcome arouses feelings of envy in other people and then it also derives potential psychic attacks.

I think I’ll get out of your office more scared and confused than I was when I came in here.

"Fortunately you have come to the consultation with a specialist who has the ability to differentiate between biological disorders and manifestations that might be called paranormal. If a