When Ghosts Follow You Home
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This post was written by Amy
on October 19, 2011 | Comments (5)
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Thanks to my job, I have been blessed with attending various events. I’ve been to a seance, tried table tipping on a few occasions, spoke to psychics/mystics/tarot readers and walked away in a daze due to the accuracy of what was said, and have gone on a couple ghost investigations. Communicating with the spirit world is fascinating to me, and I am always game for any adventure.
But what happens when the adventure follows you home?
All of the events I’ve attended have been led by professionals and people who know what they are doing. There are ways of protecting yourself when participating in spiritual communications so that spirits don’t harm you in any way, shape, or form.
But there are times when nothing harms you, but you have a sense that something is “there.”
I was invited to a friend’s house to do some table tipping. There was a group of us, all very eager to try this very traditional form of spirit communication. To our dismay, no spirits knocked on the table, but we could definitely feel the energy coursing along the table top.
On my way home, I felt a presence in the car with me. My psychic gifts are rather underdeveloped, but I can sense a presence. My friend who hosted the party lives in a very haunted house, so I wasn’t too surprised that a ghost tagged along. I could feel the spirit follow me as I walked into my apartment. I smiled and said “I don’t mind a tagalong, but I know that Annie is rather attached to her ghosts. You are welcome as long as you do no harm to me or my pets.” I then felt the presence disappear. I got out my white sage bundle and smudged the house just to be on the safe side.
The morning after my first ghost investigation, I was rudely awakened by my cat running around the apartment like something was chasing her. I figured she was chasing a toy and grumped a bit that she had woke me up after a couple hours of sleep. I then heard her panting from exhaustion. I got up, put my glasses on, and saw that she wasn’t playing with a toy. It was like she was being chased by something I couldn’t see. As she was panting, trying to catch her breath (which I’ve never seen her do, and I’ve had her for 11 years), I picked her up. She hid under my arm and was very frightened. As soon as I put her down, she ran into the basement. This isn’t unusual. That’s her hangout, especially in the summer, but she was hiding. This is her typical behavior when guests are over, but it was just me. I would bring her upstairs and she’d howl and run back downstairs and hide. I did this twice and she had the same reaction. I knew something was up.
I took out my white sage bundle and smudged the house. I said that only positive spirits and energies are allowed, and for all negative spirits to please leave. I asked the spirits to not harm me or my cat, and that any spirits that did so were unwelcome and must leave.
About a half hour after I smudged the apartment, my cat came upstairs, hopped on the couch, and snuggled next to me. I was relieved to know that whatever had followed me home was gone and would no longer bother me or my cat.
When you participate in any type of spirit communication or ghost hunting, please take steps to protect yourself before and after the event. Psychic Protection for Beginners by Richard Webster is a fabulous resource for protecting you and your family and house from any psychic or paranormal harm. Magical Housekeeping by Tess Whitehurst does a fabulous job of keeping your house in magical and mystical harmony. The Ghost Hunter’s Survival Guide by Michelle Belanger is an excellent resource for protection when ghost hunting.
So if you feel that a spirit has followed you home, never fear. It may be friendly, but if it bothers you, your family, or your pets, that’s when it’s time to strike back with a smudge stick!
Reader Comments
on October 20th, 2011 @ 2:57 pm
My first encounter with a ghost was thankfully a pleasant one but very foolish in my part. I was 16 at the time and just goofing off with my best friend. She told me she found a cemetery the other day and wanted me to come with her to check it out. We drove down there after school and it was hidden off the main road a few hundred feet. It was cold and right after Halloween so we still had the haunting atmosphere about us. We walked around the graves reading the tombstones and being surprised at how long they had been there. Most were from the Civil War era. All of the sudden a strong wind blew through the cemetery and I felt this serene, peacefulness take over me. I became warm somehow in 40 degree weather. My friend was frightened by what I told her I felt and she said we needed to leave immediately. We drove away but that feeling stayed with me for about an hour or so. Afterward I felt fine, I just had that interesting story to tell.
Now 10 years later, I realize that was pretty foolish of both of us. I have a great respect for spirits now and take precautions when I do anything “ghostly.” Nonetheless, whenever I do go on ghost hunts, I still hope to encounter another peaceful ghost like that one day.
on October 20th, 2011 @ 3:40 pm
The first time a ghost had followed me home was when I was about 6. My grandparents had taken me to Disneyland and one of the first attractions we went on was the Haunted House. Now I know you’re saying the ghost there are not real, but to a 6 year old they seemed real. My grandpa kept telling me the rest of the day – and continued on the way home – that one of the ghost had followed me. I don’t know if there was ever a ghost or just an over active imagination, but that fellow stayed with me a long time and some of my fondest childhood memories was spent playing with him.
on October 9th, 2012 @ 8:34 pm
Ok, my friends and I are planning on going to an abandoned mental hospital at night. It’s apparently haunted and when I asked my dad if I could go he said I shouldn’t and that things could follow me home, is this true? If so, what exactly can follow you home? People have died there and I think they never really left
on October 10th, 2012 @ 2:01 pm
Hi Alex,
Yes, spirits can follow you home, but there are ways to protect yourself. I highly recommend Psychic Protection for Beginners or Practical Protection Magic for learning how to protect yourself.
Whenever I participate in pararnormal activites, I state my intent and respect for the spirits, and I ask that only peaceful and positive energies to participate. When I am done, I thank the spirits for their cooperation and respect and for them not to follow me home. If they do (my cat will run around like she’s being chased; there’s a different energy), I ask for the spirits to leave and I only welcome positive spirits. I smudge the house with sage and that does the trick. Definitely take precautions and protect yourself before going to a haunted location.
on December 25th, 2012 @ 3:15 am
I go to Mount Saint Mary’s, a very paranormally active school and lived in forms that were over 200 years old last year. On my floor there was a priest who had committed suicide and was very active in the room that he had done away with himself in (shades up and down, toilet flushing, even heard a deep voiced conversation outside the door but couldn’t make out the words). Anyway I jokingly challenged the spirit to scare my roommate one night and woke up with three scratches on each of my shoulders the next morning and had a water bottle thrown at me from across the room later that month. I thought I would be rid of him over that winter break but would have my room in my house door slam on occasion an my dog, much like your cat, was terrified to be in my room. I only found out recently that my sister has nightmares of the spirit when I come home from school. Spirits are not to be trifled with, and if you do, much like the author, exercise caution and bless your home.