Thanks for the replies. Tinkerbell, I'm not certain what type of coven those people belong to, but they are definitely in a coven and they're up to no good. Schmoo, the landlord enters the house because she has keys and she does it without my consent. She doesn't do anything that I could point to and call the police about. The things she does are very subtle: such as making holes in my shirts, putting stains on my clothing, dirtying my furniture, puncturing holes in my furniture, bending my silver jewelry, etc.; these are things that I could not prove that it's the landlord doing because they are somewhat minor, but taken together, they are an annoyance and a waste of my money. Mecca, it's not a spirit, it's a coven; they send me different smells, which are annoying more than anything. I was originally talking to them via the Astral realm. They were impersonating my soulmate and so I talked to them for about a year thinking I was talking to my soulmate. They have started these stupid attacks to try to influence me now that I have discovered that: 1) it is not my soulmate I have been talking to; and 2) I am going to move out of the house so that I can relocate to be close to my real soulmate. Mystic, I don't allow them to influence me, although they try. They send some stupid messages, and I just ignore them. But the smells are what bother me, although, since I will be moving out at the end of this month, I don't have much longer to put up with their crap. But, I would rather put a stop to it than have to put up with it till I leave. Anyway, I will look at the shielding, centering and grounding techniques on the forum. I have started grounding within the past couple of days and it seems to be helping; I will have to continue doing it daily. Also, the shielding techniques I have tried so far haven't been effective, does anyone know a 100%effective shielding technique? Thank you! Noelle