Oh I see. Potayoes potahtoes. You have a different definition that’s personal to you and I didn’t know about.
Interesting, but the bear with me because I’m still trying to understand your picture of the universe here.
I’ve been a psychopomp since… the 80s? Ghosts are ghosts, it’s not complicated. They’ve still got a qi body, and haven’t “moved on”. That’s why they’re ghosts.
I don’t use the word “shade” at all, because I never met anyone who defined themselves that way. I haven’t found a way to understand it as a valid thing in term of my own observed reality.
I have been able to conjure entities of humans that have moved on (no longer have a qi body to manifest with), these are one of two things:
a) egregores created out of the memory of the person, or,
b) the original spirit in their ascended form.
c) (in theory) the spirit using the egregore as a mask (… never met one, I work with the dead not egregores and not ascended masters)
Angel can be really dark, so “Demonic = dark” doesn’t make sense.
So can the fae, and they’re not “demons” either. Luciferic beings are “light” (lucifer = light bearer), and Ahrimanic beings are very dark. Man is in balance between the two.
… I don’t do duality, I think it’s trap to lead people up the garden path, and cause them to misunderstand what they see.
So… Do you mean, you have beings attacking you perceive as having a negative energy, or they just have an agenda that is negative for you?
I’ve tried this with Ereshkigal, and it usually works if they’re sort of, on a mission from an underworld place… they must be “of” the underworld and in her domain.
If they’re astral, which is a human domain, or Luciferic it’s harder and you might have better luck with either your own authority as a human, or light beings. Which is probably why fire works well with these ‘dark’ things.
I would say, based on my xp with Santa Muerte, she feels to me to be Luciferic not Ahrimanic, so yes, she would work well. Because of her skills and energy not authority. You’re the one giving her the authority to act on your behalf.