The Demonology of King James I by Donald Tyson

Author:Donald Tyson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magick, history, witch trials, england, scotland, king james I, reference, demons, demonology, religion, folklore
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2012-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Note 4: That sexual unions with spirits were more common in Lapland, Finland, and other northerly parts of the world is probable since shamanism survived as an active religion in these places during the Jacobean period, and a feature of shamanism is marriage between the shaman and supernatural beings, who act as the shaman’s tutelary and serving spirits.

Note 5: This is now referred to as “sleep paralysis.” The theory is that the body is naturally held immobile in dreams to prevent us thrashing around and injuring ourselves, and sometimes we become conscious while this physical inhibitor is still in effect, making us feel as through we are being pressed or stifled. Having personally experienced the mare on numerous occasions, I can state that it is a very clear and distinct feeling of palpable weight pressing on a particular part of the body, but not on the rest of the body. Sometimes there is a sensation of the weight shifting, as though whatever causes it were moving around. This sensation of weight is accompanied by an inability to move the limbs that must be consciously and willfully thrown off. I suspect that the sensation of weight, and the inability to move, are not directly connected; that the first is caused by a spiritual creature, and the second by our natural sleep paralysis.

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