As we have been examining the raising of demons it seems useful to look at any methods of dealing with them in a lucid dream.
There usually comes a point in dreaming when we must face our worst fears. In a lucid dream the reality of this can so shock the dreamer that he or she comes to believe in the particular monster and invariably falls from any state of alertness, usually waking from the dream immediately. However real the horror may appear at the time, it remains a dream, and this understanding is usually enough to dispel any fear.  But sometimes the dreamer is not so convinced when facing down a twenty-foot demonic presence. At such times the thought goes through anyone's head that perhaps they have entered some
hellish separate reality, a parallel realm in which one can really get hurt. The principle to understand with all such apparitions is the simple equation that their substantiality is in direct proportion to your belief.  So first of all remember that it is a dream image and probably some unacceptable aspect of yourself. Love, laughter and light seem to be the best weapons against such entities. Keeping a sense of humor in a dream is perhaps the most precious talisman you can possibly take with you to the other realm. But the same could be said for the waking world as well. Loving the beast is another strategy often tried by dreamers. Embracing the monster and accepting it usually brings an immense sense of relief, as if you have been repressing a part of yourself and creating your own Minotaur in the center of your private labyrinth. Often it is reported by lucid dreamers that in embracing the monster the dreamer discovers the unacceptable part of themselves. Talk to it, asking it who it is its name is often revealing. Ask it why it is trying to threaten you or what it is trying to do and how you can help it.

If you are of a particularly courageous and foolhardy disposition you can summon up your worst fears in a lucid dream. However, this can be almost as fearsome as the experiences of the dancer of Chod if the dreamer is not prepared for the reality of the summoned. Your pet demons will appear only too easily by themselves, and will be far more true if they happen by themselves. Summoned entities in lucid dreams often bear a curious mark of empty artificiality, quite regardless of whether they are the embodiments of good or of evil.

And yet a nudge in the right direction can yield real insights. Summoning your favorite person, your worst enemy or a wise old
man or woman, can reveal unexpected delights of real wisdom, humor and compassion. If you can remember in the midst of all this activity to do a reality check on whomever you have summoned or intended, you will be able to discern revealing differences between the original and your dream replica. And there is always a very real chance that you might somehow have invoked the actual person from their own dreams. Personally, I have shared dreams with others on a number of occasions, and yet I can not really confirm that what both of us experienced was the same thing or whether it was just wishful thinking.

~from Ma'at's Book of Shadows