I’m sure you’ve all heard the term “psychic vampire”, which is a person who drains your personal energy like a vampire drains blood.
I’m not talking about taking leftover power from an event, energy that’s just lingering around there without a purpose. Churches, music concerts, political rallies and holiday parades often generate this kind of free-flowing power that has no outlet, and using that power is a type of chaos magick. And that’s perfectly acceptable. Nor am I talking about willingly sharing energy. Children sometimes swipe energy from parents, who can either accept it – giving permission to sustain the child – or gently teach them not to take others’ stuff. Lovers often willingly exchange power. Rather, an energy vampire intentionally drains others’ personal life force for their own benefit – without consent. It’s stealing. Energy vampires are thieves. An energy vampire is a grown adult with some psychic awareness who deliberately appropriates others’ power, sucks away their positive emotions, robs them of their strength without replacing it with anything. They hover around powerful folks, making them feel tired, depressed, and worn-out. And I don’t see the point, because cultivating your own personal energy is just as easy as taking it from someone else. Don’t be “that guy”. Raise your own damn energy! Dance, sing, light a candle, appreciate a beautiful sunset, tap into the forces of earth, sea, and sky, and merge with deity or psychic entities (however you see deity). Eat healthy food, stay hydrated, use sexual energy with consent, exercise, find meaningful hobbies and pass-times, enhance your mind and spirit. Do some drumming! There are plenty of methods of finding and using the power of the beneficent universe, of which we’re all a part. A hyena is even worse than a psychic vampire. Like the African canines that follow herds of antelope or buffalo, hoping for a chance to attack the weak or the sick, a human hyena is a creature that steals energy from those who are already fragile. They might seek out an empowered person, and try to find a friend or relative of theirs, someone who is experiencing physical weakness or mental challenges. They might look for a person who is at a low point in their lives, such as the recently divorced. We’ve all heard of guys who browse Tinder, attempting to find a partner with low self-esteem, then building them up with false compliments, so they can be “groomed” to use sexually. Well, a hyena does the same thing in Real Life. They seek out people who are suffering physically, say, recovering from cancer. They find lonely women. They look for folks who are undergoing depression or anxiety, and sometimes, they’ll try to make it worse. A hyena will gaslight and poke holes in one’s psyche. Or they’ll give a lot of fake compliments, and then home in for the kill. And then, the human hyena will feed on the weakened individual’s personal spiritual energy. Just like an animal hyena feeds on the weakest calf in the herd. How can you spot this? Is there someone in your circle of acquaintances who is perfectly healthy, but makes you feel tired, sick, weak, anxious, or depressed, every time you encounter them? Do you feel drained after talking with them? Do you dream about them, and the dreams are not good? Do you have a loved one who struggles with mental health, who experiences a downturn after you’ve encountered a particular person? Do you have pets who were perfectly healthy, but now have become ill? Are you experiencing a lot of setbacks, when previously, you were thriving? If someone in your peer group always has fantastic luck, but the rest of you can’t seem to catch a break, that person might be a psychic hyena. Or if a person is always flush with cash, although they have no visible means of support – and they’re always asking for stuff and money. You and your partner might argue in this person’s presence, when normally your relationship is stable. A person may be “Lady Bountiful” when others are enduring the loss of a loved one or suffering from an illness, but they’re really not giving support or comfort, they’re just swallowing the emotions of sadness and pain. If you are psychically sensitive, and you can feel, sense, perceive that an individual is using you, stealing your energy, you’ll know it. You might deny it at first. Divination and meditation can help you to discover the hyenas in your midst. How can you prevent the hyena from hyena-ing? Personal shielding and psychic self-defense. Wear amulets that have been charged on a holy day (sabbat) or under the light of a full moon, with the intent of personal safety. Home protection, using talismans, prayer, and calling upon ancestors, deities, or other entities. Place railroad spikes or big iron nails around the perimeter of your home, your bedroom, or your workspace – points facing inward. Doing fortification rites for loved ones who might be in a weakened state. Empower them! “Smudging” or smoke-cleansing persons and your personal spaces. Casting black salt around your spaces. Identifying the hyena-person, and cutting any hidden psychic cords they have linked to you. And of course, beef up your own energy. Start with an aural body “sweep”. In your mind’s eye, envision your psychic body. Scrutinize it from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. Don’t forget your back, your genitalia, inside your ears. Look for things that resemble blisters full of stale blood or pus (sorry, gross, but that’s what they resemble to me). Those might be “feeding” sites for a psychic vampire. Remove them using a magickal “weapon” such as an athame. Consciously, intentionally focus on healing these places. Check for attachments that you did not consent to. Envision the culprit, using your psychic capabilities or divination tools. You might want to ask an impartial reader for help. If you have a suspicion, mentally look to see if they have some type of “stash” of other people’s energy, like a closet, a chest, a bank vault. When I did this, I saw shelves neatly labeled with names of individuals, and ceramic jars with portions of their energy contained inside. It’d been so polluted that it was not viable, so I opened the jars (in my mind’s eye) and returned them to the earth – much like composting rotten food. The Earth can heal, and restore, and turn bacteria-laden mulch into rich brown soil for cultivation. So can the Earth transform baleful energy into something positive. If you can’t find the culprit, just do a generalized sweep around you. Look for psychic cords that might resemble chains or ropes or even green slimy strings of mucous (again, sorry, gross). See if you can find their source. Use an athame or other magickal weapon and cut those cords. Strengthen yourself, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Connect to Spirit. Look for positive situations in life, simple things, such as beautiful landscapes and birds and Nature, children’s laughter, funny memes, silly comedies, bad puns. Do good deeds, which ramps up your own emotional shields – really, it does! Ground and center on a daily basis. Journal about events that made you happy. Use mindful gratitude. Yeah, all of this sounds like New Age drivel, but trust me, it WORKS. Avoid the psychic hyena if you can, but sometimes that’s not possible. If it’s your stepfather who lives with you, or your boss or co-worker at your job, or a teacher at school, you can’t get fully away from them. You CAN do prayers, spell-workings, and brief chants to protect yourself. Wear an amulet that stores power or connects you to Spirit. Cast a circle or draw a compass around your bed, your desk, your cubicle. Carry crystals that have protective aspects, such as hematite, jasper, tiger-eye, amethyst, and black tourmaline. Use words of power (if at work or school, chant them silently in your head, or write them down). “Curses, hexes, sorcery, attempts to disempower me, are incapable of harming me, and also my family, remove any bane from me, ground it in the earth and wash it in the sea, as my will so mote it be!” I’m sure you can come up with a better poem. And of course, keep that pipeline to Spirit, to the powers of the bountiful abundant universe, your ancestors, your deities. However tempted you may be, do NOT attempt to attack the hyena and cause it harm. They usually do themselves in, anyway. Or the Gods give them a thump, because, well, they do that – look at folktales for examples. But you really should concentrate your energy and your conscious thought on empowering yourself and your loved ones. This is sooo much more effective than trying to punish. Pretty soon, you will be so mentally strong and capable that the hyenas can’t touch you, any more than wild hyenas will attack the lead bull of the herd. |
A.C. Fisher Aldag
Chronicler of Cymric Folklore, Granmother and grouch. Enjoyer of good food. Archives
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