I know a girl called Jenny. In year seven she was a bully, a slut and absolutely horrid to me. She made me cry and hated me for no apparent reason. I hated her. This year (year 8) she’s been behaving different. Instead of being loud and flirty, she has been quiet and dreamy. She wrote riddles, poems and stories about death and pain and sorrow. She was nice to me. We understood each other and spoke in metaphors to each other. Then she would suddenly look around and turn back into her usual self but she wouldn’t remember where she was or why or what time and day it was. All her friends thought she was just feeling a bit ill but knew something was wrong and so I tried to ask her when she was being her quiet person but all she could do was mention “Ariadne” and talk about Jenny as if she was someone else. So I decided that she was now two seperate people sharing one body, Jenny and Ariadne. It has stayed like that for a couple of months. She kept telling me about seeing mirrors in dreams. A new one with a pretty reflection of her, an old dirty one with a shadow inside, another new one but without any reflection and others. Recently, Jenny has been appearing less and less and Ariadne tells me that Jenny is suffering and might not escape it. She’s now found a black ribbon and when she wears it, she becomes someone else. This person tells me that they are all triplets. She is actually Ariadne, Jenny was a weak mortal girl and the other person who wrote stories and was kind to me was Lorelie. When the black ribbon is taken off only Lorelie is there telling me that the ribbon is a snake that gives her pain. But the strange thing is that although she complains of it, she won’t let anyone touch it. Ariadne screams if anyone touchs it while its in her hair. Lorelie told me to smell it and it had an old smell that smelt of dead and dust with the faintest smell of dead flowers. It is quite long and is paler on the underside. It has a silky smooth touch. Is she possesed? Jenny’s old friends are slightly scared of her and think she’s ill. I want Lorelie but I would like to ease her of her pain and I think Jenny should have the chance to say goodbye to her friends. What do I do? I am scared of what Ariadne would do to me if I just took the ribbon. Please help.

Hello there my dear, In my somewhat less than professional opinion, it sounds to me like your friend Jenny is having something of an identity crisis and is trying very hard to come to terms with who she is and who she would like to be in the best way that she knows how. Unfortunately, metamorphosis is often a slow, confusing, and painful process even for the best of us… and it is often good to have the help and support of others to help us work through these difficult phases of our lives. While I doubt Jenny is possessed, it does sound like she might benefit from a bit of counseling of some sort to work through these issues that she is experiencing – perhaps from a school counselor or a family physician or someone that she trusts and respects enough to allow into her life in that capacity. As for you and your ability to help, let me offer you a blessing spell that you can intone for your friend…. A Blessing A simple candle spell…. You will need: One White Candle Blessing Oil A Bolline or Burin Carve the name of the person to be blessed or your own name on the candle and dress it with the oil. For the next seven days burn an equal part of the candle, snuffing it out after these words 9or similar) have been spoken: “May nothing ever harm you. May love be yours to give and take. May nothing ever alarm you. May wealth be yours to make. May your health be good and your mind strong. May your friendships be the best. May your heart be strong and your life long. Dear (Insert name here), may you be blessed. And let it be done, that it harm no one.