In the remainder some connection can be found, some unfinished business from this or another lifetime. A living human can be affected by an attached spirit in many different ways. The discarnate entity retains the psychic energy pattern of its own ailments following death and can produce in the host any mental aberration or emotional disturbance and any symptom of physical illness. Many areas of a person's life can be influenced by one or more attached entities. In short, spirit attachment can interfere with any aspect of the life of the unsuspecting host.
Most people are vulnerable to spirit attachment on many occasions in the normal course of life.
Many traditional therapists reject the notion of past life therapy, partly because it is based on the questionable philosophy of reincarnation. Many traditional therapists and past life therapists reject the notion of Spirit Releasement Therapy because it is based on the objectionable and, to many people, frightening possibility of spirit possession. Spirit possession is an age old condition, a notion at least as old as written history. Reincarnation is ancient belief prevalent among most people on the earth. Healing therapies based on these concepts are new within this century.