Adventures in Spiritual Warfare

Uncovering dark truths about the twin flame journey, demons, past lives and karma

Andrea Herman
39 min readJul 16, 2024
Author’s photo, from Mt. Shasta, California

In 2021, I found out I had been on a twin flame journey for ten years, with a person who had died in 2020. This information illuminated a mystery that had been a source of much confusion, pain and distress — mentally, emotionally and spiritually — for many years of my life. It opened the door to an ever-unfolding path of spiritual growth and evolution, and the continuous discovery of deeply-hidden truths about myself and about this world.

In 2022, I decided to go on an ayahuasca retreat as part of my ongoing spiritual healing and growth. At that time, I was warned by one of the shamans that when we answer the call to a spiritual path, spiritual attacks by dark energies intensify.

I ultimately went on two ayahuasca retreats in 2022, and during those ceremonies, I discovered the first of many difficult truths about the darkness: I discovered that demons are real. During those ayahuasca experiences, I heard demons, sensed their presence, even felt the touch of one. But I never saw. I wasn’t yet ready to see.

In 2023, I started coming to terms with the ways in which demonic entities had manifested in my life. They had manifested as mental illness and emotional pain, as manipulative…

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