i pretty much agree pond
as far as your questions, if i remember correctly, you would identify a spirit in order to cast it out.....
and i think the other reason was just because god wanted you to know..... some little insider blessing i think.....
i say my spirits are nobody's damn business !!! ha
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i did say that when karen anne was my twig leader in '78 we called her endora becasue she reminded us of samantha's mother. i probably shouldn't have said that. i think i still have a twi spirit hovering over me.... may not be infested.... but you know....