Leaving Umbanda respectfully
Hello, hope everyone in here is having a good day today.
I went to a terreiro on vacation to my home country last year and, while it was an experience I am thankful for - I have felt very unbalanced after the fact.
I was convinced to going by my Mom who is also spiritual like me. I had a cleaning done by a medium embodying Maria Padilha who also had me burn a candle to "open paths". I was also told to do floral baths, which I did, and took a guia necklace with me. While it did do something in me that gave me more confidence and more financial luck, I have not felt the same in a not-good way.
Something in me started feeling empty. Everything started looking grey and depressing. I have a poor appetite, sensitive to everything I eat and poor digestion, migraines, interaction with strong energies feels way too draining. I started thinking about sex all the time yet find it incredibly draining and don't truly enjoy it like before. Relationships with family members and friends started to deteriorate and got distanced from them. I feel hollow and emotionless and uncapable of giving love.
Whenever I do put my guia on, I feel somewhat soothed but like, something still doesn't feel right. Respectfully, I may not mix well with the entity connected to the guia. I'm not sure which one.
I respect those who believe in and practice this religion but my intuition and honestly my gut tells me I should "undo" what was done, sever this connection. Because I don't recognize myself and my life before this one encounter with Umbanda and not at all in a way that feels normal or comforting.
I talked to the mae de santo of this terreiro through text and she did tell me I can just "unlink" myself and get rid of my beads. But I sensed a bit of passive aggressiveness in those instructions. I wanted to ask this sub how to do it in a way that won't anger the entitity or entities.
My spiritual belief system functions differently to that of Umbanda, but my goal is to not offend the people or spirits who helped me. I just want to walk away from this influence I feel deep in my bones that...doesn't mix well with me. That's all. And I really hope this isn't offensive to those reading either.
Posted May 10, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC