I’m going to try and put some ideas in here, not sure if they’ll help, and ask a few questions about things that weren’t clear to me - also, please check your Messages, in the menu at the top. 
[quote=“Sky, post:1, topic:5911”]4 weeks ago I played with a Ouija board. I was an avid atheist and did not believe the board was going to do anything. I asked the spirit on the board if it would like to leave the board and haunt the ladies house I Was moving out of. I felt a jolt go into my finger.
Since then I began experiencing very minor poltergeist activity. At first it was very active.[/quote]
Okay so you seem to have initiated some kind of contact with non-physical beings, or forces. From what you described, you had no pre-existing spiritual context for this, except what you may have heard about demons, ghosts, etc - is this correct?
I tried the making a pact with a demon and it actually helped but I didnt understand what I was doing.
Which demon, and how did you attempt to make the pact?
This is important, they’re not a generic mass who think alike or act alike, and neither are pacts a “one size fits all” kind of endeavour.
I wasnt able to stay home, or anywhere for 3 weeks.
Was this connected to the polt. activity or something mundane?
Since these last 4 weeks it has been very difficult. I spent all my money, lost my laptop, but my soul has gained tremendously.
You now know a level of reality that was previously closed off to you.
Why did you spend all your money (if that’s not too personal)? This description seems like a mish-mash of different things so I’m just trying to dig down to what’s connected to magick and what may not be, or at least, not directly.
I have studied wiccan every second I can possibly. Last night was the 1st night I was able to stay home all night with no issues.
What changed, do you think, that made this possible?
Did you take a wiccan ritual, for example, and use that? Or do you just feel more used to living in this new reality now - or something else?
I now have come to understand what these poltergeists mean and I like them, but I havent found much advice for anyone. I watched a video where E.A. Koetting said he evoked the shadow and it was a demon.
That obviously doesn’t mean all shadows are “demons” - just the one he evoked, on that occasion.
I just joined the forum and Im confused exactly why demons take that name because that viewed as a negative term, but to me that would seem like people would not join forces with negativity so these so-called demons would be of good and anything negative would be weaker than them.
They were kind of given that name, and then stuck with it for centuries, after having previously been known as gods or elemental spirits, etc - also some are more malevolent than not, though they’ll work amicably with the right sorceror.
I came to black magick from a tradition that’s less influenced by the Abrahamic faiths, and where there’s less of a need to classify and label spirits as “angel” or “demon” or “elemental” - they just ARE, and they do what they do. They don’t have to fit into a specific team!
This isn’t the best or only way to look at it, but if you find labels start to confuse what would otherwise be simple and easy, please bear it in mind.
To me the shadow/poltergeist is not a spirit but the energy of those around me and my own personal aura. But I could be way off and totally wrong, but to me it seems the visions Ive had have to do with what is going on in my life and the people around me.
Some may be that, there’s nothing wrong with trusting yourself so long as you keep an open mind.
Yesterday I was with someone at 3am in the middle of a parking lot and he completely vanished. I was startled to say the least because I didnt know what it meant. It feels like a set up, but after a few hours I realized it was one of the most beautiful things Ive ever witnessed.
Whoah, what?
Did you know him, were you talking, is he a friend you can text or check up on… details help!
I am just looking for some advice or for others to share my story with because this is all very brand new to me. Im not sure exactly what to think, but I feel like since my introduction to the spirit world was so aggressive Ive learned very much in a very short period of time, and Im am eternally grateful for this experience.
It’s not new to many of us, and I’m sure some people here will want to help you make sense of this and also use magick to empower yourself, if that’s what you’re looking for.
Be aware that, just like children think adults are all-powerful and can fix everything, beginners sometimes have ideas about what’s possible with magick that don’t fit the experiences of those of us who’ve practiced for months, or years - or decades.
This does NOT mean the experienced people are always correct about what YOU can achieve, but nor does it mean we’re trying to be wet blankets - all fields of human endeavour have certain accepted norms, and magick’s no different.
I hope there are others who can share there stories or point me in the direction where I can find others. I am still dealing with the experience. I drank coffee and stayed up all night with all the lights on but it was a very good experience. I did not sleep at all the night before out on the train, and I would like to solve this puzzle in the best way available to us.
Do you want - I’m not being sarcastic - stories and sensationalism, or do you want to learn more and become a practicing magician, someone who can find your own way round with spirits and so on?
I understand it’s all new and a bit mind-blowing, but magick is real, and can be learned - spirits are real, and can become allies and co-conspirators, and not just there to provide distracting phenomena.
Ive since bought many stones, sage, incense, palosanto, many different herbs and plants, meditate/prayer daily, reading many books/videos. EA Koetting has been a tremendous help in this experience. Thank you for you videos so very very much I have been helped very much.
Cool, once you’ve posted an intro do please check out the Member Resources thread, which has a ton of links to newsletter tutorials on things like opening sigils, attaining Theta-Gamma Synch (TGS), and also practical advice on using the forum, posting images and YouTube videos, etc.
There are also also a lot of good topics in the archives, which can be found using the Search function.