If you find yourself waking up exhausted or have begun having strange nightmares, you may be getting attacked by restless and/or negative muertos (dead spirits) while you sleep.
These spirits are most active around 3am. This is because the underworld is a mirror image of the world of the living, so 3AM our time is 3PM their time – the middle of the afternoon.
Also, Jesus is supposed to have have performed his saving act of redemption for mankind on the cross at 3PM, so 3AM is the exact opposite – the time of day when the veil between the world of the living and the world of darkness is the very thinnest.
Whatever the reason, here a few steps you can take to protect yourself from unwelcome nocturnal intrusions:
1) Keep a glass of water near the head of your bed while you sleep and dump it out first thing in the morning. Water is an excellent carrier medium for all kinds of spiritual influences, so it will absorb a lot of negative energy that could otherwise bring you bad luck or make you sick.
2) Get some cascarilla (a white, chalk-like substance sold at Botanicas) and draw a cross on your forehead before you go to sleep. Cascarilla acts as a barrier for negative spirits and will prevent them from messing with your mind while you’re unconscious.
3) Get 21 white flowers, a bottle of Agua Florida (aftershave, availlable at Rite Aid) and cascarilla (eggshell chalk). Remove the flower blossoms and add them to a bath of lukewarm water, along with half of the Agua Florida and a fistfull of crushed (powdered) cascarilla.
As you bathe, light a white candle and imagine all of the negative energy lifting off of you like a fine, black grit. Get out of the bath and air dry. As the water goes down the drain and is carried back to the ocean, so the negative energy will be carried away from you. This bath will purify your aura and protect you from the actions of dark spirits until morning.
For more remedies like these, check out Spiritual Cleansings and Psychic Defenses by Robert Laremy and Spiritual Cleansing: Handbook of Psychic Protection by Draja Mickaharic.
