I have to say I agree with John about the word or concept of "evil," more likely it is just a mischevious, but harmless entity like he suggested. With the Lucifer Rebellion over, I'm sure there can't be a truly dark presence harming you or wishing you ill. You can just keep calling in the white light.
As for banishing rituals, I do this whenever I move into a new home, because after all, someone lived there before me. I just do it to cleanse the stagnant energy. Someone once told me that there is not usually a 'ghost' in a haunted house, but instead the old energy resides there to some extent -- the residual energy of the previous tenants. That makes more sense to me, too. So I just use the sage (an ancient Native American ritual, and also a European Pagan ritual) to cleanse that old, dead energy. I don't want it! I want an energetically clean home.
My friend's cat was going wild crying into the corner, hating something in the corner of her living room. She would stand there and cry to the corner for hours every day, with all the hair standing up on her back and hissing and mewling. We did the sage and the cat stopped completely! Whatever it was, it's gone now!Peace you guys, and thanks for the ideas about the vibrations! I was slightly worried there was a 'presence' there and it's comforting to think it's just an internal opening or process I'm going through. Love to you all!
Michele
Actually, I am a little excited about it as we speak. 
Not rushing it by any means, but wow... some day...the things we will see and people we will greet again... 
