What would demons be?

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After having read a couple books, The Rite (about a Catholic priest becoming an exorcist and some of the things he witnessed) and Deliver Us From Evil (also sort of lukewarm Catholic with some bizarre crap mixed in because the dude doesn't know any better), I notice a few things. I've actually read the Bible and I have an eidetic memory, so it's easier for me to discern what's bogus I'd think. Demons seem to play along with whatever you let them. Even though "holy water" and "shards of the One True Cross" and other trinkets and whatnot would, based on the Bible, be meaningless, the demons seem to play along, most of the time, though when they ignore them the exorcists then think that the "demon is more powerful". No, it's only Christ and the authority of God over such creatures that means anything to them, all the rest is drama as far as I'm concerned. It is interesting to read the accounts of the possessed getting pitch black alien looking eyes, levitating, and whatnot else, but such is just more drama on the part of the demon intended to evoke fear in the people telling them to leave and otherwise mess with their heads. I do like that even the Pope Leo XIII "Pray for laymen to pray" has a bit about not having faith in the prayer but faith in God instead, which seems like the opposite of what it is for when people chant the Roman Ritual pray in Latin at the demons or any of the others, acting like the words said verbatim have any meaning apart from the authority in Jesus Christ the Lord over such creatures.

I do believe only Christ has power over them, though in terms of phenomena associated with some of their infestations I do find it interesting that some things have common occurrences, and from the nonfiction books and not just as portrayed in Supernatural: sudden drops in temperature, cold spots, malfunctioning electronics, and for some reason a smell of sulfur. While I don't know if sulfur or anything that smells like sulfur might be used as a superconductor, I do know most quantum effects require cryogenic temperatures and often strong magnetic fields. Whether or not these creatures of themselves would be designed to use some sort of quantum effects on their own or if they use technology, it would be interesting to see what a high wattage alternating current demagnetizer or Tesla coil might do (not to the possessed, but in cases of infestation like mentioned in both those books, neither of which I truly recommend, but it's still data though). Probably nothing, but if it would mess with them it would be worth it to actually damage them if possible due to how they like to sadistically torment people and animals and destroy marriages.

I wish I could make them pay for what they've done. Really though, only Christ has power over them, as per Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” And despite the failings of fallible men and lukewarm Catholics like in Deliver Us From Evil (who are somehow, and rightfully, strongly opposed to the occult, they somehow have convinced themselves that other stuff isn't "as bad" somehow, yet they still have power over the demons through Christ because it is through Christ Jesus and not our own pretense of righteousness or anything else that we have authority over them), God still uses them to do good work even if they may sadly say "Lord, Lord" one day. Still though, it's like this: '“Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us."' Anyway though, it would be nice if a technological way to fight these creatures were possible, but it is in Jesus Christ that we can fight them regardless of how weak we are otherwise, so praise be to God alone.

I'm not religious in the slightest but I think there are entities hanging about the ether... I am a colossal spook nutcase and am eternally researching things. I would never go near a ouija board though, in fact if someone pulled a ouija board out I'd be leaving a cartoon cut out of a massive hole in the wall as I leg it to the hills and put some healthy distance between myself and that accursed contraption. I think the chances are very small you attract a terrible thing but it's certainly possible and does happen...

I've read too many experiences to believe otherwise. I have to be very careful even when I wander through graveyard cause I get paranoid someone will follow me home lol (even tho a graveyard is probs the least likely place a ghost will linger). I've lived in a haunted place before, my toy cars would end up two floors below us overnight several times a month, there's no way anyone could have moved them since it was a pub and the beer cellar was locked as was the top floor door. That ghost never followed me anywhere else but my mate had a ghost follow him from wales, this weirdo in a tophat from the victorian times, it's picture even moved into their new attic, they'd found a picture of the guy in their first house lol.

So yeah that's ghosts... they do enough peculiar crap but demons... I don't know much about except to not do anything that might bring me into contact with them... elemental ghosts are a big research topic of mine, I dunno if they're related or not. Leap Castle has a truly bestial entity! I get paranoid sometimes if I'm thinking of demons that they'll swoop down like I have frodo's ring or something, I don't know much about where they hang out so to speak or what they look for so I'm not really interested in learning about it so I don't fret any more than I do!

One side point - the thing about demons only being exorcisable by Christ or by the name of Christ, I don't know how to break this but that's something of a rumor. There are a lot of people from far eastern religions who can do it, lots of practicing neoplatonists and neopagans can, also a lot of dedicated ceremonial magicians can do the same.

I don't know what my take is on overshadowing/obsession/possession is as to whether or not it's a subconscious data glitch, whether it's psychology being beat with psychology or not, but I am familiar with particular Hermetic practitioners being called by Catholic and Lutheran diocese at times - largely because of how few priests really believe in that stuff let alone have the experience or wherewithal to do so.

Since we're kind of discussing all things spiritual/occult, I'll throw in my personal experience with Tarot cards.

I knew a girl in college who read Tarot cards. She took it really seriously, and she did readings for a lot of friends. I thought it looked like fun and, being an atheist at the time, I wasn't worried about any oogy boogies getting me. So I got my own deck (just a mass-produced deck from a bookstore) and started playing with them. I had the deck for a couple of years, and every time I asked it a question the response was kind of like a horoscope - kind of vague, a lot of generalities, some stuff that just didn't fit, etc.
Ok, so one day I came to it with a question about an upcoming trip. You're supposed to ask the deck the broadest question possible, so I asked something very basic like, "How will this trip go?" What I got for an answer (multiple answers working together, really) was not what I was expecting. The deck basically said that what was supposed to be a simple vacation would completely upend my life and change it completely forever. I got the Death card (which means big change, not literally death) plus the two or three other "oh s**t" cards that mean serious business when they show up. There was nothing vague about the results, nor was I just reading what I wanted to see. It is sometimes possible to consciously or unconsciously interpret vague results in a way that suits the asker, but these results were so consistent and repetitive that there was no twisting them. Every card I turned agreed and built upon the last.
Anyway, suffice it to say that the cards were right. I never played with them again, and after a couple more years of being afraid to ask them anything but not wanting to give them up, either, I finally gave them away.

This is not proof of anything, obviously. It's just an anecdote from an agnostic. I still wouldn't say that I'm totally convinced Tarot cards can be real, but I'm convinced enough to stay the *bleep* away from them.

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I had the same experience with astrology