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Difference between ghosts and demons	Faith	Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Question: My mother has claimed her house is haunted for many years. I may have mentioned that in a previous post. Various guests and family members have either seen, heard or felt things which are unexplained. This includes apparitions, noises, cold spots, things brushing past us in the hallways, etc. My grandmother even found bloody footprints. No one in the house was injured and a visit by police found nothing. Now my sister says that HER house is haunted. One of her young daughters is particularly troubled at night by dark shadows and "irrational" fears about things that might happen to her. If she is able to sleep, she is plagued by terrifying nightmares. My sister says her husband felt something brush past him outside one night and it was big enough that he thought it was their dog. There turned out to be no dog. In addition, my sister says she is being driven crazy and kept up at night by what sounds like several people talking. She says it sounds like listening to a party with ear muffs on. Guests have heard a loud voice calling my sister's name and the sound of something stomping upstairs in heavy boots. When I talked with my mom about what was going on with my sister, she said back at her house she is also plagued with the same bizarre sound of a muffled conversation, like many people talking. To make matters even wierder, I spoke with an old boyfriend who claims just recently he awoke with "something heavy" on top of him. I had many spooky experiences in his house, voices, footsteps, door handles rattling. His brother and his brother's wife confirmed when they lived in the house years ago they had similar experiences and they also found bloody footprints. I swear I am just reporting what these people have told me. These stories always leave me astonished. Could this just be coincidence? Is haunting contagious? My mom gave my sister holy oil and said when they use it my little neice is able to sleep. Otherwise she cannot. My mom also told her not to worry, to pray for God's protection and that God loves her and would take care of her. It goes without saying that spiritual warfare prayers are in order. My question is how do you tell a ghost from something more sinister. Is there a difference? And would investigating the home's history provide any clues or does any of that matter. Thank you for your help and God bless you.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+ Dear Faith: It certainly sounds like your family may benefit from Deliverance Counseling. After the first of the year we will be open for new clients if you are interested in getting some help with this. For practical purposes in terms of prayer, assume all the phenomena is demonically sourced. You would not be qualified to make a particular diagnosis of the phenomena. For general reference, I wrote an essay called Seven Kinds of Ghosts. This essay details some of the possibilities some of which are demonic and some of which are human. In general, however, "ghostly" events such as the heaviness and other negativen events are most likely demonic. I would recommend you and your other family members follow the self-help advice and use the Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog that are linked at the bottom of the page. If that does not help things, then you may want to consider Deliverance Counseling. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Difference between ghosts and demons

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004

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My mother has claimed her house is haunted for many years. I may have mentioned that in a previous post. Various guests and family members have either seen, heard or felt things which are unexplained. This includes apparitions, noises, cold spots, things brushing past us in the hallways, etc. My grandmother even found bloody footprints. No one in the house was injured and a visit by police found nothing.

Now my sister says that HER house is haunted. One of her young daughters is particularly troubled at night by dark shadows and "irrational" fears about things that might happen to her. If she is able to sleep, she is plagued by terrifying nightmares.

My sister says her husband felt something brush past him outside one night and it was big enough that he thought it was their dog. There turned out to be no dog. In addition, my sister says she is being driven crazy and kept up at night by what sounds like several people talking. She says it sounds like listening to a party with ear muffs on. Guests have heard a loud voice calling my sister's name and the sound of something stomping upstairs in heavy boots.

When I talked with my mom about what was going on with my sister, she said back at her house she is also plagued with the same bizarre sound of a muffled conversation, like many people talking.

To make matters even wierder, I spoke with an old boyfriend who claims just recently he awoke with "something heavy" on top of him. I had many spooky experiences in his house, voices, footsteps, door handles rattling. His brother and his brother's wife confirmed when they lived in the house years ago they had similar experiences and they also found bloody footprints. I swear I am just reporting what these people have told me. These stories always leave me astonished. Could this just be coincidence? Is haunting contagious?

My mom gave my sister holy oil and said when they use it my little neice is able to sleep. Otherwise she cannot. My mom also told her not to worry, to pray for God's protection and that God loves her and would take care of her.

It goes without saying that spiritual warfare prayers are in order. My question is how do you tell a ghost from something more sinister. Is there a difference? And would investigating the home's history provide any clues or does any of that matter.

Thank you for your help and God bless you.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+

Dear Faith:

It certainly sounds like your family may benefit from Deliverance Counseling. After the first of the year we will be open for new clients if you are interested in getting some help with this.

For practical purposes in terms of prayer, assume all the phenomena is demonically sourced. You would not be qualified to make a particular diagnosis of the phenomena.

For general reference, I wrote an essay called Seven Kinds of Ghosts. This essay details some of the possibilities some of which are demonic and some of which are human.

In general, however, "ghostly" events such as the heaviness and other negativen events are most likely demonic.

I would recommend you and your other family members follow the self-help advice and use the Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog that are linked at the bottom of the page. If that does not help things, then you may want to consider Deliverance Counseling.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.