{"id":1839,"date":"2021-10-02T09:31:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T09:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2024-11-16T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T05:49:15","slug":"episode-60-the-incubus-succubus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/?p=1839","title":{"rendered":"Episode 60: The Incubus & Succubus"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/span><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>

Episode 60: The Incubus & Succubus<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>

Hi everyone. Normally I would begin an episode with some commentary about the upcoming subject, perhaps a scenario to set the scene of what this is about. This episode however, is different. Because of the sensitive nature of this episode I am going to put a trigger warning out right now, before I start. This episode deals with a very sensitive subject and that is one of sexual abuse, but abuse with a slight difference. \u00a0And some of these people\u2019s experiences are very hard to listen to. So for those of you out there, female or male \u2013 just a warning that this could trigger some emotions for some of you and if this is the case, then perhaps you might want to give this episode a miss. It is not now, nor is it ever my intent to cause emotional distress to people.<\/p>\n

This subject of this episode is one that is not often discussed, but is something that actually is not at all uncommon for people, both female and male to experience. So I\u2019m giving you the option now of choosing whether or not to continue with this episode, with the pre-mentioned warning in mind. Having given that warning \u2013 are you still willing to walk with me into this part of the Shadowlands and see what awaits us there? Then let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n

Let me set the scene for you. You are in the safety of your bed. It is nighttime, when suddenly you are awakened from a very sexual dream, where you have seen yourself having sex with a most desirable woman or man, depending on your preference. For a minute you think oh, that was just one of those dreams and shut your eyes again to return to sleep. But then you realize that what you thought you were dreaming about, was actually happening to you right this minute. Only, you are alone in your bed. There is no physical person with you, but yet you can feel the weight of another person weighing your body down, in some cases holding you down, preventing you from moving. You can feel the physical touch of their bodies interacting with yours. But you cannot touch them, cannot feel them yourself. In some cases, you also hear the sounds they make, and can see your skin being moved as they touch your body. When the attack is over, you lay there, in most cases terrified, and feeling traumatized, and vulnerable.<\/p>\n

You are terrified, you\u2019re terrified as you realize that you have no control over what is happening to you. How do you fight something you cannot see, but most definitely can feel? This is the situation that many people have found themselves in. \u00a0Sexual assault is a common reality in this world, we hear about cases all the time. However, sexual assault by a spirit is not at all uncommon, but is rarely talked about. Because, we all know how difficult it is for a victim of sexual abuse by a living person to be heard and worse, believed. Who is going to believe an assault by an unseen, but definitely felt entity? Who do you tell? Who will believe you?<\/p>\n

Victims of sexual assault by an entity are left with all the same feelings that a sexual assault victim of a living person feels. Shame, vulnerability, terror, insecurity, and a myriad of other emotions. I am not saying that one is worse that then other, because to my mind sexual abuse is sexual abuse. The only difference is; that how can you fight something you cannot see? And how do you stop them from returning again and again?<\/p>\n

My reason for doing this particular episode is to give all the victims of spirit sexual assault, and there will be many listening to this episode, a voice. To let them know that, whilst they may feel it, they most definitely are not alone. They are not. That there are many others who have or who are currently experiencing this very thing.<\/p>\n

The Incubus & Succubus<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is not at all a new phenomenon, for centuries the terms Incubus and Succubus were enough to strike dread and fear into the hearts of most people. These mostly nocturnal evil, so called, demonic beings who preyed on the helpless and vulnerable people, sexually assaulting them in their sleep, or in their wake states, were the stuff of nightmares. They were talked about in hushed tones, so as to not draw their attention to the speaker. But what are they precisely and how did they come to be named? Let\u2019s look at the terms Incubus and Succubus and what they mean? What precisely are they?<\/p>\n

The word incubus<\/em> is derived from Late Latin<\/a> incubo<\/em> “I lie on top” and from incubare<\/em> “to lie upon\u201d The Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/a> defines an incubus as a demon in the form of a male who seeks to have sexual intercourse with woman. The female version of this being who preys on men, is called a Succubus.<\/p>\n

In some legends, incubi and succubi are said to not actually be different genders, but the same demon who is able to shape shift into either sex, dependent on his prey and their sexual preference.\u00a0 It was thought that the demon as a succubus, would force male ejaculation and take the sperm gathered from the ejaculate and place that into a female victim, thus possibly impregnating her.\u00a0 If the female became pregnant as a result of this, then the offspring was regarded as half-human and called a Cambion<\/a>.\u00a0 Apparently Cambions<\/a> are born normally and appear to be fully human, until about the age of seven years old, after which they are supposed to begin to show their demonic origins more overtly. The legendary magician Merlin, was supposedly a Cambion.<\/p>\n

The earliest recorded mention of the incubi, comes from Mesopotamia<\/a> at around two-thousand-four-hundred BC. And is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh<\/a>.\u00a0 Gligamesh\u2019s father was said to be Lilu<\/a>\u00a0 Who was supposedly an incubus. The male version of Lilu was called Lilitu.<\/p>\n

Later on they began to be debated in early Christian tradition. St Augustine, was supposed to have said in the book De Civitate Dei<\/em> (“The City of God”)<\/a>, published early in the fifth century AD;<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThere is also a very general rumor. Many have verified it by their own experience and trustworthy persons have corroborated the experience others told, that sylvans and fauns, commonly called incubi, have often made wicked assaults upon women.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Incubus were also mentioned hundreds of years later by Thomas Aquinas<\/a>, in his book Summa Theologica<\/a> , which written from between twelve-sixty-five until twelve-seventy-four and again hundred of years after that by King James<\/a> in 1597, in a dissertation entitled Daemonologie<\/a> which was a study on demons and what methods they used to bother humankind. It also included other beings such as werewolves and vampires.<\/p>\n

However, do not make the mistake of thinking that the incubi and succubi are merely creations of the Christian religion, they are not. There are many variations of these beings going by different names around the world. For example, in the Turkish culture they are known as the \u2018Karabasan\u2019, and are also associated with sleep paralysis as mentioned in my episode<\/a> on sleep paralysis, I called Riding the Witch<\/a>. In Assam, a province of India, they are known as \u2018Pori\u2019. In South Africa, they are called the \u2018Tokolosh\u2019. In Hungary they are called a lid\u00e9rc<\/a>. In Germany they are called the \u2018Alp<\/a>\u2019 In Chile the Trauco<\/a>. So there are many different names for these beings throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Of course, it could also be said that these beings are used as excuses to explain away unwanted pregnancies, particularly in countries, societies, and times where premarital sex was, or is, absolutely taboo \u2013 and could also have been an excuse to cover real-life rapes, incest, or illegal trysts between lovers. And, in some instances this probably was the case. But not in every case.<\/p>\n

The incubus or succubus is said to be able to:<\/p>\n