How to sense a demon? How to know when a spirit is present? This is another question that I see be asked a lot by beginner magicians.

People who often have started out with mainly book knowledge and some meditation practices and are unsure of what to expect in the coming future for when they reach out to a demon or a spirit. With all the misguided myths and Hollywood movies of what a spirit manifestation looks like its no wonder why so many people are confused! Or why so many people seem disappointed in what they experience which leads to them writing it off. First lets go over some common myths that are talking points in the occult community as well as within movies.

Myth 1) “you have to be born a witch to sense spirits” or “your grandmother and her mother before that must be witches for you to sense spirits”

This is a myth that is spouted left right and center. People say this for one main reason; ego. Thats it. People who claim generational spiritual power often are bullshiting! (People on the internet lie! Who knew!) however in the rare cases where they are not then clearly their gifts must not be strong enough to see the inaccuracy of the statement. You do not need to be born a “special” way. You are special! And so is everyone else. You are as special as anyone else! Yes while having a generation of family and community who you can speak to in person and share oral tradition can help one learn their subtle senses way easier and better, it isn’t due to some “pure magic blood” or some “destiny”

It is a fact that everyone, if they try hard enough can sense and speak to Demons and Spirits. Note: some people are naturally born much more tuned into their subtle sense! That is honest and true! Its like how some people are born with full heads of hair while others aren’t. Everyone can speak to Gods and Spirits and Demons. It just takes a bit of time is all.

Myth 2) “you are unworthy”
This one is from both the occult community and movies! Flat out its a no. Completely false. There is no line for worthy-ness when it comes to sensing spirits. Thats it. Now spirits absolutely have their own morality yes, however again you are as special as everyone else on this Earth. Demons, Spirits, ect have lived a very very long time. They have seen everything and most likely done everything. Who you are will not shock them. What you have done will not shock them. Even if you are the single worst person in all of history you’ll still have spirits willing to talk to you, even if its just to give you the middle finger. spirits are expansive, ever seeing, and they have their own “lives” and their own judgments about people. However there is no baseline for “worthy” enough objectively. (Now if your a serial baby eater and try to talk to a fertility Goddess, dont try to go all “your not objective” she will 100% laugh at you and probably curse you as well)

Myth 2) “when you summon a spirit they appear in full physical form” or “when a spirit shows up the room will shake! And the walls will start bleeding! And the souls of the dam-“

This expectation comes from Hollywood mainly! When a Demon shows up there often will be little of what you see in the movies. Spirits and Demons are not physical. They do not (or no longer for some) have physical forms. You will have to manage your expectations if you genuinely want to build on your subtle senses, Demons will not fully manifest in your small room. The kind nine foot tall king riding a ten foot tall camel will not physically appear in front of you surrounded by floating trumpets. I wish that were the case honestly but its not.

The biggest advice I will give when it comes to feeling spirits better is manage your expectations. Do not expect the world to stop spinning because you chanted an Enn once. Do not expect the rooms temperature to drop to negative zero when you look at a sigil. Again please do not expect full flesh n blood demon King to slowly manifest from the corner of your room. Do not scare yourself and do not hype yourself up into expecting the laws of physics to break.

The reason why I say don’t scare yourself is because as embarrassing as it may be everyone was scared once when it came to making first contact. Thats the reality of it. Everyone has gone through the same phase of panic and worry and fear and uncertainty. You got this. I promise you that if you work hard and take my points into consideration then you will sense something. However you may be on the opposite side of the spectrum, you may be frustrated, or down right pissed off because after chanting for three hours you felt nothing and here is where I’ll get to the practical advice section:

Advice section: how to feel spirts!

You have to know that your subtle senses or gifts or clairs or whatever you want to call them are just like your other physical senses and muscles. If you have not used them then it will take some time to strengthen them. Not just that but something you might not have heard before is, you are technically using your subtle senses right now! Yes! Right now! Because everyone has them then technically you are using them all of the time and you just haven’t noticed it yet because its so naturally occurring and gets mixed in with your other dominant physical senses. Subtle senses are like that muscle you didn’t know you had but always use! You really just have to focus in on it and flex it to separate it from the other muscles. ( like the muscles in your ears)

Your subtle senses need to be focused in within a relaxed and preferably quiet environment. Drop all expectations and just sit with yourself. Know thyself. Feel all of your dominant physical senses. Bask in them then settle them down and try to reach for anything that you feel but not physically. In that moment you are using your subtle senses but you just need to locate exactly how. What are you picking up around you that doesn’t involve your dominant physical sense. You might “smell” that the space around you is relaxed. Or the room around you could “feel” suddenly large or maybe you can “feel” the wall across from you. You might have a calm “knowing” of the entire space around you. That is the form that subtle senses can take. Feel or reach around the room with any sense that is not physical.

Now practice this a few times. Quiet the physical senses and see how you “feel” the room or the space around you.

After you’ve done this you can now add a Demon to the equation. Slowly chant the Enn of the demon or stare at their sigil while you do what I described above. Feel but without your physical senses. When you chant or gaze you will find that something changed. Your subtle senses, because you out focus on them they picked up that something or someone is there. The space around you changed if only slightly.

You might feel slight warm spots. Slight cold spots. You may even close and open your eyes a few times and see a dim shadow. Or you might see the sigil of the demon blazed within your mind.

Everything that I described is faint. And thats exactly how spirits appear to us (at first! And for some!! There will always be outliers) we are material, we mainly stay within the material plane. Do not be hard on yourself when it takes a while to recognize the wider worlds around you. This is why meditation is important and so stressed. It sets aside the material world and lets our other subtle senses and subtle bodies be recognized and be strengthened. You have to practice. And please write everything down.

-a thought pops up when you meditated on a spirit, write it down

-you saw a bird while meditating? Write it down

-you saw a face? Write it down -you felt warm spot? Write it down

-you felt a shift in the space around you? Write it down

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Write your experiences down and I assure you that you will see progress, symbols will make senses, and you’ll see that even while you couldn’t see them they could see you. but as always my words are never law! Just advice from one magician to another! I also did not proof read this, nor will I.