Most of the calls I get as the case manager are from clients who believe they have a demonic entity in their home. I begin my series of questions to see if what they have may be demonic. The responses are usually that they see shadows and hear noises. I probe further with many questions. I usually find that what they have sounds like regular sprit activity and can possibly be debunked. I want to help them and so I tell them my thoughts on what they may be experiencing. They feel relieved by the conversation and thank me for listening to them. I feel bad that they feel like they cannot speak about this with anyone as they will be looked at like they are crazy.

Religion can play a part in people believing they have a demon. Some religions believe any paranormal activity is demonic. This is an absurd belief. The house could be settling, a mouse playing in the walls or many other reasons could be attributed to sounds. Not all sounds are demonic. I had a caller one time tell me she caught a demonic voice on her recorder. I asked her why she thought it was demonic. She told me it was because it sounded evil. I listened to the recording and did not hear anything evil. I did hear someone say “get out”. I explained to her that because I was not there for the recording I cannot tell her what made the sound. Perhaps her boyfriend was playing a trick on her? Perhaps it was real but I was not there to confirm this. To date there is no device that we can run an audio clip through and it give us data back verifying it from the other side or from a boyfriend. If it was a real evp is did not sound demonic to me. She became agitated with me for not telling her it was demonic.

Some people do not believe in hell, the devil or demons. The devil would like you to not believe in him. It gives him greater room to play in so to speak. It is dangerous to not believe or not to have an open mind. Just because something is not tangible does not make it not real. I can tell you that I have had personal interaction with demons. I understand that because you have not had that same interaction you are skeptical. There are people who have had interaction with demons that had their eyes opened. It is life changing to realize there is something else out there. I have investigated with people who believe there are no demons however they believe in spirits. To say nothing is demonic is the same as saying everything is demonic.

I go into each situation with an open mind. I try to find the rational explanation for what is going on. My group will use every means to figure out why the door is opening or the sound is happening. We do find explanations that have nothing to do with life after death. Sometimes we have clients who are disappointed that it isn’t a spirit or isn’t demonic. I once had client call in other groups who also came to the same conclusion. She was very upset and decided to believe everyone was blind to her activity. Sometimes people need to seek counseling because they are hallucinating.  Some people do not know or believe that they are hallucinating.

There are things we have found that we no explanation for. These things are neither demonic nor earthbound and do not fall into other known categories. I am not going to get into the other categories right now though.  My advice to clients is to be open to what we find. We want to help you figure out what you have going on. We will offer an explanation and advice that may be different that what you thought you were going to be told.