Where Do Spirits Get Their Energy?
Updated 2025.06.11
You and I have both physical bodies and spiritual bodies.
To maintain our physical body, we intake food, drink and rest for nourishment.
To maintain our spiritual body, we read, meditate, get into nature, watch children or animals play, practice self-care, or find other ways to rejuvenate our souls, like through joy-producing activities.
We feed both our physical body and our spiritual body to maintain an energy state to where we are not only living, but also thriving, and having a good time or trying to.
Once we cross over, and lose our physical bodies, we are released into only operating in a spiritual body only.
In order to operate as a fully interactive and functional Spiritual being, those in Spirit, need to find a way to maintain a certain level of energy that’s not related to material sources like food, drink or nutrient intake.
Those in Spirit, when they expend energy, for example, by gathering all their loose molecules to appear or communicate with a human, they need to replenish it to keep operating here in the physical plane.
Not all of those in Spirit access the same replenishing energy source, just as all of us, as humans within spiritual bodies, have vastly different ways as to how we rejuvenate the soul.
In general there are two main categories of those in Spirit: High Vibrational Spirits and Low Vibrational Spirits
Largely, the entire Spirit World is a sliding scale, that is more like a circle of light and dark and within this there are two main groups of Spirit.
High Vibrational Spirits, sometimes called light spirits or positive energies, and Low Vibrational Spirits, sometimes called dark spirits or negative energies, are defined, largely, by where they source their energy reserves and replenishment from that they use to appear and exist alongside us in this realm.
Depending on which one you have present, it will determine where they get their energy. So below, let’s discuss the two groups -
High Vibrational Spirits
High Vibrational are those in the Spiritual Body who exist in the Divine Light, who have fully crossed over and they access Universal Source Energy - where they source their energy.
This Universal Source Energy may be referred to as Divine Light, Heaven or God’s Light.
This group usually includes Spirit Guides, Angels, Fae, Nature Spirits and crossed-over deceased Loved Ones.
These individuals are connected to an infinite energy source and recharge by connecting to Divine Light, or through tasks that call that in like their happiness or joy producing responsibilities.
In a human body, we are limited to a specific container and pattern in which energy can come in and be accessed, and be released and let go of.
Once that container is released, and our shells are lifted, we are free to gain access from any molecule of energy, floating around in the vast Universe.
In this way, I often think of the spirit body as a plasma globe, or a glass ball of lightning rods, which you might see at a children’s science museum. Once the glass is shattered, the energy is free to connect with all other electrons, molecules, and waves from an unlimited number of surrounding sources.
Once we are free of the physical body, and cross over into the Light, our energy is free to connect, interact and unite, limitless, with all that which is around us.
Rather than drawing on any particular individual source, those free in energy, draw on that which is all around us.
This is known as boundless Divine Light and we can all access it through the cultivation of spiritual practice, and activating the upper chakras.
Because they have access to boundless energy, their presence often feels like energy is being added or given to the space when they are near - it can feel warm, uplifting and positive.
Low Vibrational Spirits
The other group of Spirits are known as Low Vibrational Spirits and these are individuals who do not have access to the free floating energy that is all around us.
For this reason they are sometimes called Dark Spirits as energetically, their aura is dim and perhaps even gray. They may also be called Negative Spirits as their energy withdraws, or subtracts energy from the space.
They do not draw upon the Divine Light and are cut off from this Spiritual Energy supply flow.
Low Vibrational Spirits are usually individuals who, when human, if they ever were, did not access Divine Light while living, for any number of reasons.
Perhaps they chose to not honor their soul path, continually shut down and turned off the spark of their Inner Light, or didn’t pursue stoking the fire of their Internal Spirit while living - these Spirits often cross over and exist without access to free flowing energy, Divine Light.
Usually what happens is the Light is rejected when they transition, and they become Earthbound or otherwise connected here until they eventually accept the Light, which is possible always.
Without access to their own Spiritual Light, perhaps from never learning how to access it, these Spirits, now without a physical body, have to receive their energy from individual, local and finite sources of Energy, usually on Earth.
If these Spirits are non-human entities, they will also draw upon physical sources of energy to build their own energy.
Low Vibrational Spirits can form attachments or possessions for this reason - they need a material source of energy to maintain themselves. So these are usually the types of Spirits that are cleared and sent away in spiritual healing sessions.
Because these Spirits withdraw energy from the space, their presence may feel cooler or they may have a tightening feel, like the room is getting smaller.
Low Vibrational Spirits tend to gravitate towards material sources, which are:
1. Humans with Weakened Energy Fields
People who are nearby, not secure with their personal boundaries and have depressed energy fields are often sources of energy. Without careful boundaries and vigilance, these Spirits can make you a source.
To prevent yourself from being an energy source, do not linger in or amplify negative emotions, which they can feed on. Regularly practice meditations that boost your energy field.
Clear your home’s energy regularly and don’t invite nasty energy into the home - for example, if there is negative stuff going on in the news, limit how much you allow it to be projected inside your safe space by only watching the news outside of the home or once a day.
2. Low Vibrational Emotional Energy
If you or a place gives off emotions like fear, worry, anger, disgust or hatred on a regular basis, these powerful residual energies can be a draw.
Releasing a great deal of fearful or scared emotions (emotions are energy) in the presence of a Spirit will be an energy source for those who are in need of energy. Fear draws energy inward, or constricts, so can draw in like around it.
To avoid attracting Low Vibrational Spirits with emotional energy, clear your energy and your space after any emotional release you have. You can do any space clearing ritual you like or you can simply clean yourself - take a shower, do the dishes. Cleaning is an energy clearing practice.
3. Places with lots of Energetic Traffic
Crowded train stations, bus stops, hospitals, office buildings, workplaces, university centers and central shopping areas. Places where lots of beings giving off energy intersect can be draws for energy.
Residual energy is sometimes also known as ‘energy lost’ to the surrounding space when energy is transferred between two sources. Depending on the geology or topography of an area, lost energy from an event can remain in an area indefinitely, making certain spots spiritual draws for Low Vibrational Spirits looking for a connection spot.
4. Electronics
Sometimes, Low Vibrational Spirits (and occasionally, Light Spirits) can connect to electrical energy to source their own, like a television.
Using electronic energy is also an attention-getting tool for crossed-over Loved Ones (High Vibrational Spirits), who wish to get your attention, so this one is not exclusive to Low Vibrational Spirits, though it is common among them.
So to end, those in Spirit get their energy from a variety of sources and these are the top locations.
More likely than not, the Spirits you have around you are High Vibrational and tapped into an infinite flow of Divine Energy which they can then pass on to you, boosting up your energy field and mood in the process.
If you think you have something heavier around you, check out my eBook, Spiritual Security to help boost your energy field so it doesn’t affect you at all.
For more information on how to identify the Spirits you have present, check out The Spirit Identification Key.
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