Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: A friend of mine who has been practicing for a couple of years told me to " purify " my circle with a sprinkling of salt ; I did . I even called on the Guardians of the Watchtowers ( something he also told me to do ) . I fell into my usual meditative state when suddenly , I realized I had left something outside of my circle . When I reached out of the circle , I could have sworn that the air outside of my circle felt cooler than the air inside my circle . 
Question: What type of faith or spirituality does the narrator 's friend have ?
Output (English): They are practitioners of Eastern faiths .