Submitted by Grego on
There are three main reasons why certain people attract spirits to them.
- Fate or Karma - death does not save a person from the damage they have done in life, it carries forward into the next life. There are many examples of this type of fate, but anyone who oppressed or killed people have opened themselves up to those spirits following them through many lifetimes, until the offenses have been paid back and forgiven.
- Lost souls - these are spirits who are connected to their old life, who do not move on into the light. They tend to go about their mundane tasks and grow frustrated over time. They can hang mourned family members of friends.
- Parasites - weak willed people are often the target of spirits looking to satisfy their addictions. They encourage drinkers to over drink so that they can partake in the essence of the alcohol they are drinking. The same goes with every addiction - all are susceptible,
There is a lot of research on these subjects, with most of it coming from the psychology. Please read Dr. Carl Wickland’s book 30 Years Among the Dead, available for free on the web. He spent 30 years treating people molested by spirits in the way doctors diagnose depression and schizophrenia. Also, if you have not read it, Dr. Edith Fiore’s The Unquiet Dead is very complementary. Dr. Brian Weiss is a great resource also. A Wanderer in Spirit Lands is free on the web and shows how spirits take advantage of weak willed people to fulfill their addictions.
Shawn Murphy https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-seem-that-some-people-attract-spirits-and-paranormal-entities
Evil spirits are different from ghosts. Ghosts are disembodied spirits of dead people and evil spirits were created by God as spirits. Evil spirits generally need an opening such as ancestral curses, illegitimacy, unforgiveness or on-going sin, in order to enter a person and remain. You don’t normally pick them up just walking around. Ghosts often attach to objects, houses or areas because of their excessive covetousness, greed or other emotional ties to certain things such as jewelry, a house, car, or person. Some ghosts are attached to persons who are close relatives. I once had a case in Fiji where a family worshiped a human skull which they placed on their living room table. The ghost lived in one of their daughters and followed her when she moved to another location. In another case, a ghost would follow one of our members home every time she passed a certain bus stop. Turns out that it was attracted to our member’s “white light” and wanted to be set free. The next time it followed her home, the member prayed and asked God to send angels to pick up the spirit of the dead person and take him/her to heaven for judgment. The ghosts disappeared and was never experienced again. A few years later, a new member who happened to live next to a bus stop shared that someone had been mowing his lawn at the bus stop when an out-of-control truck ran him over and killed him. The ghost would follow our other member home and then return to the bus stop.
Richard Ing https://www.quora.com/What-attracts-spirits-ghosts-to-attach-themselves-to-certain-individuals