Caution: Calling/Attaching
I have seen an alarming number of spirit workers and spirit companions that are brand new to this practice that have spoken of calling and attaching/binding their own spirits. I cannot speak of the amount of terror that I feel every time that I see such a post or a question about how to. It is one thing to come across spirits in your practice, walking through woods.. etc. Calling is a whole different level. Companions/Workers can literally work on doing their spiritual thing, spirits that want to work with them will naturally find them. Going through shops and others just speeds up the process.
It is important to say Calling and Attaching (Binding) is NOT something for beginners, intermediate.. etc.. It’s not a practice that should be taken up on a whim. There are so many aspects that go into these two things, that most might not even think of. I will definitely explain some of this and why you shouldn’t jump into it unless you are being taught how to do so. (and no, you are not needing a coven or gathering to do so, but still need a teacher).
First, I want to speak of the most important thing about why it should not be done out of the blue:
The people who are doing this (aka, run a shop or etc.) have been doing not only spirit work/companionship for years but have also been taught by someone in some fashion. There are many ways to be taught, for sure, but it’s something that should not be taken so lightly as I have seen many do.
It terrifies me that newer companions and workers are even thinking of attempting this practice.
The reason that I am so against people learning unless with a teacher is that the dangers involved with it are so vast and detrimental. There are so many precautions that go into doing not only the attachment, but in calling a spirit. The first is that you need to be in top form with your abilities, including hearing/seeing/sensing. We rely on these basic things to watch and trust the people around us, why would you go in blind to something without your senses being in peak condition? You wouldn’t.
The second thing that I want to point out is that your instincts and your discernment have to be at the top peak as well, because that is how you will know if a spirit is genuine in who they even say they are, what they speak about, even how they appear. You need to be able to trust your senses, abilities, discernment, and instincts 1000% because even the slightest amount of doubt will bring it crashing down.
Doubt opens up the way for unpleasant spirits to enter and manipulate you. You can suddenly find yourself facing oppression, as well as having them lie and coerce you into doing things that you normally wouldnt do. One of these things includes being trapped in bindings and agreements that you had no intention of doing. I know that when I first started hearing spirits and even working with them, that I was massively under prepared for what I was getting into. My doubts, led me to having mental and emotional breakdowns because i was hearing voices in my head that I could not explain away. I had a hard time learning that I needed to accept that I could hear spirits in my head and not auditory. Due to this, I left myself open to the worst of all. I came into contact with spirits during and after this state. The worst thing I could have done was work with unknown spirits, which invariably left me so vulnerable that I was possessed. It is not a whimsy thing, it is a very serious matter especially when spirit worker/companions base their very spirituality on working with spirits. You are dealing with your soul at points, so caution is very necessary.
This leads me to my third point. Spirits work different than humans, morally and thinking in general how they act and perceive things. This includes the ones that want to guide and help us, not just the unpleasant and foul ones. They take words and spoken agreements to levels that sometimes as humans, we cannot fathom. A person who is doing the calling MUST have experience in working with spirits. An in-depth and personal experience with spirits in order to understand their speech, how to prevent them from finding loopholes (because they love loopholes), etc etc, learning customs and their ways. You have to know how to navigate yourself as if you ARE a spirit and not a human that can travel the astral, or work with spirits in general. This is a KEY point.
Another thing that I want to point out is that the calling itself is dangerous. You are welcoming an unknown spirit into your personal area, your home, etc. In order to protect those you love and those that are around you, you MUST have protections/shields/wards/you name it. There are so many protections on the area that I work in, it’s not funny. Hell, my house is so warded that even deities have difficulty getting in. When I call, I open up a way for spirits to get in. So there have to be back up in case something were to tag along. So much preparation goes into the act of calling.
My final point, is that Calling/Attaching(binding) is no longer something that is just for you. You now are responsible for that spirit that has come through. You want to work and sell vessels? You have become responsible for the health, safety, and wellbeing of not only yourself, but ANYONE that comes into contact with said spirits. Meaning that future people you want to do it for, they depend on you being at your top form, with years and years of experience, because not of secrecy and yadda, but because they know that you know what you are doing. They know that you can handle it. This is if you want to start “conjuring/calling” for others, and even yourself. If you live with others, they are at risk.. pets are at risk.. unless you read what I have said and taken precautions.. learned what you need to.. done everything you know that you have.
I have offered to teach ONE person how to do calling. They have been a companion for 8-10 years. They refused me. Why? Because that responsibility and having to go through with it is something that they admitted to being unable to do. So even those with massive amount of experience and someone I thought who would love to learn, refused to do so. Because they felt they didn’t have the necessary experience and responsibility to do so.
Please take what I have written into consideration.