Here's a story about the first time I went to someone's home to banish an "Astral Nasty". Before I was a priestess (and before Covid), I was contacted by a student, whose relative had a spirit problem.  Everything this spiritual relative was trying wasn't working.  They even brought in another relative who is a witch--it helped a little bit, but the entity was still in the home, still causing problems.   I did meet with the relative in a public location so we could talk about their problems, things they've tried, and so on.  They told me their family deity was Selene.  I did some divination with Selene to see what our next steps should be in dealing with this entity AND protecting the family. The morning of the banishment, said entity paid me a visit and tried to force entry into my home, but it wasn't able to get through my wards.  I wasn't scared--I was protected by my Kindred and my magiks.  Growing up in abuse, I'm used to tactics like this fr...