This reminds me of the effects of Salvia Divinorum.
Zdarzyło mi się pokonać armię ciemności albo dwie.
Quote: (07-25-2016 08:31 AM)thoughtgypsy Wrote:
Quote: (07-25-2016 05:50 AM)Hades Wrote:
Yeah. Another night of terrifying nightmares and I'm done with it. I'll start going to church.
While I would encourage you to continue to seek spiritual enlightenment, I'd be cautious before falling into the "You must literally believe everything in the Bible and practice blind faith otherwise you will go to hell" mentality that many churches ask of their members.
There are many conflicting parts in the Bible which I believe were placed there at some point in time (or more likely, the Bible is a largely cut and paste job from multiple religions and histories) in order to cause confusion among readers and make them question the essence of the message. It's subtle but effective.
It's due to these easily disproven logical errors that many people will confidently become atheists, and reject the entire message out of hand, throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
If you do decide to join a religious community, I'd encourage you to only accept that which does not cause greater confusion and incoherence. Some of the ritual practices of certain sects, like the drinking of Christ's blood in Catholicism also gives me pause.
I agree with St. Aquinas' view on religion and science: That the truths of science cannot contradict the truths of faith. God is the author of all truth and whatever reason discovers to be true about reality ought not to be challenged by an appeal to sacred texts.
As for cures for sleep paralysis, many people seem to find the following effective:
- Avoid sleeping on your back whenever possible.
- Sleep on your side if possible
- Remain as calm as possible
Quote: (07-27-2016 10:49 AM)Hades Wrote:
^Debeguiled, personally I am a mad scientist, physicist by art and engineer by trade, but I absolutely believe in demons. They are far craftier than men or man's instruments, and I bet they are evolving.
No doubt at one point in history they were corporeal. How else would we have legends of dragons, horned monsters, and devils? But demons, being wily and intelligent, learned to corrupt the souls of men and fight carefully from the inside. Those nagging voices that cause insecurity in men could be demonic in nature, by my reckoning. Those sudden impulses that turn an act of love into hatred or spite could also be influenced by the dark craft of Legion.
Granted, it is stupid to see demons everywhere and absolve men of all their mistakes and tomfoolery. However, my bullshit alarm stays tuned at 110% for a good reason. Constant vigilance!
Quote: (07-27-2016 11:01 AM)debeguiled Wrote:
Quote: (07-27-2016 10:49 AM)Hades Wrote:
^Debeguiled, personally I am a mad scientist, physicist by art and engineer by trade, but I absolutely believe in demons. They are far craftier than men or man's instruments, and I bet they are evolving.
No doubt at one point in history they were corporeal. How else would we have legends of dragons, horned monsters, and devils? But demons, being wily and intelligent, learned to corrupt the souls of men and fight carefully from the inside. Those nagging voices that cause insecurity in men could be demonic in nature, by my reckoning. Those sudden impulses that turn an act of love into hatred or spite could also be influenced by the dark craft of Legion.
Granted, it is stupid to see demons everywhere and absolve men of all their mistakes and tomfoolery. However, my bullshit alarm stays tuned at 110% for a good reason. Constant vigilance!
I am not questioning the reality of things that we cannot understand, the problem is that talking about them can be like whispering the word Trump in a crowded university.
Shout Trump from the rooftops! He has heard God's calling to serve the country with his skills and powers of persuasion. Trump is by my estimation General Patton in the flesh. A great and terrible general to bring about the next Crusades, the holy war that will bathe the earth in the blood of Nephilim and the righteous alike.
I am actually of the belief that a lot of people have had experiences that they cannot explain, and figure they are the only one who has, and don't want to talk about it because they are afraid of how it will be taken by their friends.
Yes. It is an ancient fear to be exiled from one's tribe, and insanity through demonic possession is absolutely considered a "good" reason to exile even one dearly beloved.
Quote: (07-31-2016 09:48 PM)nomadbrah Wrote:
I remember in Thailand there is also a myth of men dying suddenly in their sleep which the myth is also about being visited by some evil feminine spirit, in that myth the spirit only visits unmarried men.
Quote: (08-01-2016 11:17 AM)debeguiled Wrote:
Quote: (07-31-2016 09:48 PM)nomadbrah Wrote:
I remember in Thailand there is also a myth of men dying suddenly in their sleep which the myth is also about being visited by some evil feminine spirit, in that myth the spirit only visits unmarried men.
I think I used to date that chick:
Quote: (12-18-2015 02:31 PM)MiscBrah Wrote:
I have been reading into sleep paralysis lately and find it very interesting. I've never experienced it myself but was curious if anyone here has. I trust the accounts here more than I would elsewhere and apparently it is a relatively common occurrence. Does anyone here have any sleep paralysis stories they'd like to share?
Quote: (07-27-2016 10:49 AM)Hades Wrote:
No doubt at one point in history they were corporeal. How else would we have legends of dragons, horned monsters, and devils?
Quote: (09-30-2017 12:15 PM)Zep Wrote:
So, it seems pretty common that people have nightmares associated with this experience. My question is why nightmares? why not regular dreams? why are our psyches coded with frightening imagery? is this an evolutionary left-over from our ancestors who had no other way to explain frightening phenomena as either angels or demons?
Quote: (09-29-2017 07:28 PM)Mercenary Wrote:
Some old drawings and paintings