Demons

Sleep Stalking

~ MKW Publishing ~ 3 Comments

A follow up piece to Dreamy, or Terrifying?, speculating on things that might occur while sleeping. Subconscious, possibly supernatural things that seem a bit out of our realm. But maybe that’s because they are out of our realm, and perhaps when we sleep or are in a certain state, we too wander from what we normally consider ‘here’.

A couple of films first of how this thought manifested, the first one has been thought of by me a number of times, and quite possibly countless others over the years. As the concept was a new and shocking one at the time, and of course as I have mentioned before, psychological genius in the horror genre to make you afraid of something you have to do every night. Sleep.

Nightmare on Elm Street – if you don’t know it, look it up and you’ll understand. But for those who do know it, may or may not have been impacted by it, but some certainly were. In my mind rightly so, as the idea that something evil was waiting for you to fall asleep so they could stalk you wasn’t a comfortable one.

Flatliners – although this is about after death and coming back to life, something follows them back. And it is in dreamy or altered states they experience that creepy entity that is now ‘attached’ to them.

Ouija boards – it is said that they open a portal to that other side, but you can’t then see what you summon. And it is said they too can ‘attach’ to people, potentially causing disturbances and curses and even latch on generationally to a whole family. Maybe not entirely sleep related, but if that is a thing, maybe when you are unconscious, you are vulnerable to it.

Succubus and Incubus – both sleep demons and are the male and female counterparts for seducing people in their sleep. Sounds quite stalky to me. But it shows that there have been ideas of something latching onto you in your subconscious state for quite some time. The first mentions they say of them goes back to ancient Mesopotamia circa 2400 BC.

Reincarnation – in some religious faiths, they don’t believe in reincarnation, so if a child talks of a past life and experiences, some believe it’s demonic possession. That demons have accessed the child’s subconscious and are feeding them thoughts.

There is also the subject of night terrors that could be part of this, that it isn’t just sleep paralysis and they aren’t just made-up thoughts or hallucinations. Like I said, it could be that we are extremely vulnerable when we sleep, and not just because of things in the waking world…

(c) K Wicks

A Christmas Fireplace

~ MKW Publishing ~ 2 Comments

This is one of those strange ones, of what should perhaps be festive thoughts and ideas, but which took a rather dark turn. Thinking of times past, and how once people used to decorate a tree at Christmas to ward off evil spirits, only since the 1600’s they say, it can’t really be traced to before then. Leading me to thoughts of fireplaces, and recently have seen talk of the more elaborate ones found in grand settings, possibly being portals. So I wondered, about the open fireplace being a portal into the home, protected maybe only by the intention of those within, with charms and spells featuring throughout folklore and mythological history.

So, the thought moved on from Christmas, to the idea of vampires – and how they needed to be invited over the threshold they say, not able to gain access until you give them permission. You might see where this is going, but I will go there anyway. What if in the past, with people understanding more about evil and entities, could guard themselves against these things, and not be affected or infiltrated as much. But then time drifts on and people forget if they do not see, and a new time moves in. Of commercialism and consumerism, surely an opportunity to resurrect something that once was? Where you can take the blood red and turn it into clothing, and surround it with a story of something that will come into your house while you sleep, but only if you put out the decorations, and milk and cookies. Inviting it through the portal. And even one step further, with the ritual of presents and writing a letter to santa, signifying an exchange, and a contract for that exchange. Selling your soul for presents. A rather cynical look at it of course, as it could just as easily be said it is a ‘good’ contract, for worthy behaviour to be rewarded. But when it appears to be for grooming purposes in reality, to encourage greed and consumerism under the guise of kindness and family, I can’t help but think that it has been hijacked for a darker purpose than it appears.

And generally children are told not to talk to strangers, or accept presents from them, but when it comes to santa and Christmas, that goes out the window. I have never been comfortable with the whole thing, and clearly it has become a commercial enterprise over the last 100 years, but as with much, it seems to be a cover for a set ritual, and one the western world has been captured by. And as others have also pointed out over the years, santa just happens to be an anagram of a well know demon, an entity “that seduces humans into sin or falsehood“. Sometimes they say if there are a number of coincidences, then it is not a coincidence at all. But then again, it could just be seeing what we want to see they say. Although personally until recently, I very much enjoyed celebrating Christmas for the food, presents, decorations and as they call it ‘feeling festive’. But it has waned of late somewhat, and I do not feel that my energy should be directed towards it anymore, maybe that’s just a normal thing, growing out of the set routine that you can see is set for businesses making money and controlling peoples time, not about creating a genuine feeling. If there ever was such a thing for that time of year, we shall never know, but for what it has become I think I am happy to leave it behind…

(c) K Wicks