by William J. Baldwin, Ph.D.

An entity attached to a living person may be strong enough to prevent the host from going to the Light after death. The newly deceased spirit becomes earthbound with the original earthbound entity nested within itself. It is not at all unusual to find an entity with another entity attached. The second one nested inside the first might have a third nested within it, and so on. There is no limit to this chain of nested entities. An entity usually does not know about the ones nested inside itself.

A client may describe behavior which is uncharacteristic and be confused about it. The cause may turn out to be an attached spirit. An entity may describe uncharacteristic behavior or attitudes as it recalls its life. This may turn out to be a nested entity. A belligerent and hostile attached earthbound spirit which causes much strife and conflict in a person’s life often turns out to have a dark-energy being nested within. After the dark one is released, this earthbound is usually apologetic to the host and grateful to the therapist.

Nancy was a 36-year old psychotherapist. She wanted to experience past-life therapy and chose to work on her drinking problem. She spoke about waking night after night at about 3:00 A.M. To take a “couple of belts” of Scotch whiskey before being able to go back to sleep again. She mentioned several other aspects of the problem, but the use of the terminology “a couple of belts” was not in keeping with her lovely feminine nature.

As she continued to talk about the drinking, the therapist asked her if she felt any sensations in her body as she spoke. She described a feeling of nausea in her stomach. The therapist requested that she close her eyes, focus her awareness on the nausea, and describe whatever happened. At first there was nothing. Then she began to see swirling shapes of yellow and orange color. Suddenly there emerged the scene of a saloon. A cowboy stood drinking at the bar. His name was Tom and he was a heavy drinker. Married to a woman who despised him for his excess, he slept in a separate bedroom. He routinely took his bottle to bed and would take a couple of belts before falling asleep.

Tom told of numerous occasions, including his daughter’s wedding, when he would overindulge in alcohol and his wife would send him away from the house. He was always glad to be away. Late one night at home in his own bed he began to feel pain in his stomach. He took a few more belts of whiskey to ease the pain but the feeling spread across his belly until he felt like his guts were on fire. The pain and nausea were so bad he called to his wife to go for the doctor. She angrily refused, which infuriated him, and he had some foul things to say about women. He died that night in pain, drunk and angry at women. He quite likely had a perforated ulcer.

This is an obvious and typical example of a past life experience which might be contaminating a person’s present situation. The therapist cannot be content with the obvious but must continue to probe until there is no further avenue to pursue.

T: “Tom, how old was Nancy when you joined her?

C: “She was 14 and she was having an argument with her father.”

The answer came immediately, without hesitation.

T: “Tom, was there ever a time in your life when you felt like something just came into you and took over?”

C: (surprise in his voice) “Yes, I was 16 and I was having an argument with my dad.”

T: “Is that other one still here? Is the person who entered Tom still here?”

C: “Yes.”

At the end of the session she revealed that her clearest mental imagery of the entire session was at the moment that Tom recalled the feeling of being entered.

T: “What’s your name?”

C: “Larry.”

T: “Larry, what happened?”

C: “I was working in the assay office and they accused me of stealing gold. They were real mad at me so I left there. I had a bottle of whiskey I was drinking. I was walking along the railroad track and the train hit me.”

He died drunk and angry.

T: “Well, Larry, did you steal it?”

C: (after a pause) “Yes.”

Larry sounded very tired. He responded to the description of the Light and was immediately ready to leave. The guides appeared and lovingly assisted him on the journey home.

Tom was relieved and after a parting dialogue with Nancy eagerly accompanied the guides who came for him. Once the attached entity or entities clearly realize the nature of the situation, they are almost always ready to go. It often takes a little convincing before they recognize that they are no longer in their own body.

Past-life therapy techniques are valuable in this situation. As they recall their own life, the situations which caused their strong persisting appetites and emotions, their unresolved conflicts, and finally the scene of their own bodily death, they cannot deny the truth.

They have reached the point of readiness to leave when they begin to be remorseful for interfering with the host. They apologize, often in tears, and announce their desire to go home. Most often the last statement is simply, “I love you.”

A few days later, Nancy reported being able to sleep through the night since the session and sleeping better than she could remember. She had not stopped drinking completely but it was now under her control.

In the case of nested attachment such as this, there is often a sudden clarity on the part of the primary attached entity about their own lifetime. They feel the difference immediately and can recall instance after instance when the nested spirit influenced their behavior. This can produce a resolution of many of their own conflicts and explain certain behavior patterns for them.

The earthbound human spirits can be released one by one, and as each goes, the task becomes easier. The remaining ones sometime express anger at the interference, realizing they were not in total control of their lives as they had believed. They, in turn, apologize to the one they attached to in life, the one who was held earthbound at the time of death. When the client sees this tangled mesh, there is usually compassion for the earthbounds, forgiveness and tearful goodbyes.

During the information gathering in the discovery phase of a session, the entity might speak lovingly about the host. As the therapist begins the releasement process, the entity might shift suddenly in its attitude toward the host and declare ownership or swear vengeance. Such a switch in attitude can signal a nested dark entity. This is only an added clue for the therapist; any resistance to leaving other than unresolved emotion and addictive desires may indicate a nested attachment.

Kara worked in a bookstore. Trained as a nurse, she had worked for some time in a Veterans Administration hospital. Like so many nurses, she left the work because of burnout. While still at the hospital, she had fallen in love with Trevor, a marine wounded in Vietnam.

Trevor, a medic, was on patrol with four other guys. He was fifth in line as they carefully moved along a narrow dirt road through the jungle. Suddenly there were explosions in front of him. The point man was blown to bits–”Not enough to pick up,” as Trevor described it. The second man had half his body blown away. The third and fourth men in line were killed instantly.

Trevor called in the Medevac helicopters. Though seriously wounded himself, he picked up the remains of the second man and hoisted him onto the chopper when it arrived. Trevor’s lieutenant was aboard the Huey and began yelling at Trevor, blaming him for the disaster. Trevor swung his fist at the officer, knocking him cold. Trevor passed out at the same time and remained unconscious for three days. During this period he was transported to the States and placed in the V.A. Hospital where Kara worked. He awoke in the hospital. The spirits of his four buddies had joined him.

After Trevor was released from the hospital, he and Kara dated for a brief time. Trevor was a violent man and she soon ended the relationship. He went to live in a forest, camping out alone. He continued to suffer serious depression and he eventually took his own life. He joined Kara, the woman he loved, as an attached spirit. Since that time, she had avoided relationships with men.

In the session, Trevor emerged almost immediately. He professed love for Kara, and was quite possessive. He refused to leave. As he explored inside himself, he recognized his four close buddies who were killed on the patrol. Each of them discovered attached entities from the time of the Vietnam War and from their childhood.

Rick was one of the men killed on the patrol. One of the entities with him was one of his dad’s friends who died in a tragic accident on a hunting trip. When he was a young teen, Rick accompanied his dad and the friend. The man stumbled over his own shotgun. It discharged, killing him instantly.

One of Trevor’s buddies was Sam, a black man. He discovered Min Van Thieu, a teenage prostitute he had known in Vietnam. She died when a bomb fell on the building where she lived. Another entity within Sam claimed to be a Ku Klux Klan member. When Sam was nine years old, living in a shack in Alabama with his folks, three Klansmen came to the house and threatened to rape his mama and burn the house down. Sam’s daddy pulled out a shotgun and blew the head off one of the white racists. Sam was in shock at the sight of this, and the spirit of the Klansman found the young black easily accessible.

The white man hated this black kid. Sam hated this racist who had threatened his family so many years before. The white man was directed to locate the source of his prejudice, his hatred. Only a few moments passed and he began describing a life as a young black boy. The slave master whipped the boy’s parents unmercifully. The young black boy could barely contain his hatred.

Again, the Klansman was directed to another lifetime which contributed to his hatred. He discovered a life as a black slave, this time a nubile young woman taken from her husband in Africa, brought to America with the express purpose of being a sex slave for some white landowner. She refused to perform the desired acts and her tongue was cut out. She fervently hated white people.

After recalling these experiences, this white racist was asked how he felt about Sam, the black man.

C: “I don’t hate him, he’s a brother.”

Sam expressed his feelings about this man who had threatened to rape his mama and burn his house down.

C: “I don’t hate him, he’s my brother.”

The hatred of lifetimes had been healed for these two spirits. The entities were glad to move into the Light.

There was Viet Cong clad in black pajamas, women, a baby, Sam’s old dog and a lot of gooey, slimy dark sludge which was the energy of hatred and prejudice generated in his life as a black. There was deep resentment and confusion about the war. All these entities lifted to the Light and the sludge was cleansed. Kara was exhausted and exhilarated at the end of the session.

Trevor thought he had let his buddies down. He was the medic and he could not save them. He was plagued by typical survivor guilt feelings. In this session, he had assisted them in lifting their heavy emotional burdens, and releasing the entities trapped within each of them. They had all found the way to the Light. Trevor finally understood his service to them. He helped them go home. This erased the guilt feelings he had carried so long. He was free. He and Kara spoke their last words of love and he lifted into the Light.

Within three months, Kara met a man, a customer at the bookstore. She felt a spark of interest, the first in a long time. This developed into a lasting relationship for Kara. There was no longer any external influence keeping her from the experience of love.

The innermost layers of the nested beings exert less influence than those on the surface, except in the case of a demonic entity at the center. Then the others may exhibit signs of demonic interference, such as demands of ownership, general disruption, destruction, hatefulness, vengeance, spitefulness, and defiance of the Light. These dark beings are challenged first by the therapist. The dark ones are released as soon as possible, as this makes the remainder of the release work much easier. The dark energy acts like the key log in the log jam.

T: “To you, the one who thinks he owns her, did you ask her? Did she invite you?” “You, the one who wants to get even, step forward. What is the first thing you have to say?”

This may be the earthbound spirit of one who loves her with a nested demonic entity distorting his thoughts about ownership or revenge.

T: “Look inside yourself. Look deep inside your own space. You may be surprised.”

If the entity is willing to look, the search usually reveals another inside. There may be more layers beyond that.

T: “Look inside that one. Are there any others? Are there any more layers?”

This is worse than finding worms in an apple while it’s being eaten. The entity is often surprised, annoyed and disgusted when it discovers nested attachments. Entities are usually very cooperative after that.

Excerpt from Spirit Releasement Therapy: A Technique Manual