History and Possession

 Given we compare and contrast different mysticism, there may be some themes that stand out.  In these themes, we may be able to see or show God. (Also Satan.)   Today, we are working on understanding possession, and seeing it in allegories and different mysticism.  I am also trying to keep this brief.  I may be hitting someone hard with the Truth.  

In Other Mysticism -  A body may have been a vessel.  A vessel for what?  

In Christian Mysticism - A body is a Temple.  Jesus lives in a man through his Holy Spirit.  God is a jealous God.  Jesus casts out spirits.  

A genie would be an Arabic demon that gave wishes like deals with the devil.  A genie lived in a lamp.....or a vessel.  Is that like Christina Aguilera singing "Genie In a Bottle?"  She was implying that her body was a vessel for something in the song.

I haven't done a lot of Netflix in a few years.  There was a TV Series called "Altered Carbon."  "Altered Carbon" would be a science fiction tv show where people were able to transfer consciousness between bodies.  In other mysticism....a body is a vessel.  In "Altered Carbon," a body was a "Sleeve."  Many people were basically immortal with the consciousness being transferred to computer chips. A Demon would be a being that doesn't know mortality like man does.  It may have transferred its conscious between vessels over thousands of years.  The Netflix TV show "Altered Carbon," it would be a big allegory for possession, and Occultism, leading towards an understanding of Well-to-do people many would call Illuminati today. 

Every man may have been possessed at some time, by some spirit or the other.  Spirits dwell in the subconscious.  Spirits effect motivations. 

Here is a short list of some spirits mentioned in the Bible.

• Deaf and dumb spirit (Mark 9:17-29)

• Lying spirit (II Chronicles 18:20-22)

• Perverse spirit (Isaiah 19:14; Romans 1:17-32)

• Seducing spirit (I Timothy 4:1)

• More at: https://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/evil-spirits.htm

What are these Spirits doing? They are influencing. They are effecting motivations. Someone with a seducing spirit or spirit of prostitution may have been on tinder in the wrong way? Someone with a lying tongue may have been a habitual liar? Someone with one of these spirits, their character may have been molded a certain way. Their soul, who they are, may have been molded to something. Part of their identity, even if it was subconscious, may have been molded to something. Some Spirits are generational. They may have been passed down from Generation to Generation. There may have been generational curses on some families. (Deuteronomy 5:9) Some spirits someone may have picked up by being in sin, and being unrepentant. Someone's Soul or character may have been molded around something.

In Christianity, a water baptism done correctly, it may have been an exorcism.  Someone was starting a new life in the Lord Jesus Christ.  God Almighty, God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, he is a jealous God.  He doesn't share. In a process of sanctification, given someone had a "Spirit Not God" hanging on, it was cast out.  God is Holy. Sanctification is a process where someone is coming closer to God.  

History and Mysticism  

There are degrees of possession.  Someone may have become "More Possessed."  Their thoughts may have aligned with a demons.  In Shadow Integration via Dr. Carl Jung, someone was unaware of what was in their shadow or subconscious.  They worked to become aware.  They integrated.  In Kundalini Yoga, someone was unaware.  They worked to become aware.  They integrated.  The big difference between Kundalini Yoga, and Shadow Integration, would be that in Yoga, something particular was being cultivated.  A particular demon.  In Shadow Integration, any number of things may have been in someone's subconscious.  From Shadow Integration, we have an understanding of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.  

In Ancestor Worship, what was someone really worshiping?  Was it an ancestor or a generational spirit?  

Jesus cast out demons into pigs.  Demons can possess animals.  That may have been familiar spirit.  Given someone believed in reincarnation........were they perceiving through a demon?  

In comparing and contrasting mysticism, sometimes people mistake Soul and Spirit.  A Soul is a person.  You are a soul.  You only have one soul.  In a mysticism, like Buddhism, and they are talking about a "Master Soul," that was demon.  

In Egypt there were Mummies.  Were various Egyptians just vessels for a demon that vacated later, and tricked man into mocking himself?  Man is God's Glory, made in the image of God.  A demon may have been doing things to mock man made in the image of God.  

This is my cliff notes or lecture notes on History and Possession.  Someone reading on this blog, looking to grow in faith, they may be able to pray and reflect some with God.  Fr Ripperger, an exorcist, he has some excellent lectures on exorcism.  

Addendum:  

Question:  Are there different types of demons?  

There are.  I don't like to dwell on it, but I have been aware that there are lesser and greater demons.  Possibly some in between.  

Question-Statement:  Someone wants to know about particular entities.  

I am not getting that deep into it.  There have been weirdos.  They would seek out something.  

Given someone has been reading this blog, it has been explained that Angels are created beings with functions having to do with some aspect of creation.  Demons were born of men's sins.  An Angel cannot possess.  A demon being born of a man can possess.  

An Angel had an -el name.  El being "Of God."   Some angels have been fallen angels, and may have gone by some other name, no longer being "Of God."  In a Christian Tradition going back hundreds of years.....or a Jewish tradition, given there was an entity that seemed to have something to do with some aspect of creation, like a Belial having to do with Worth or Worthlessness, that was a Fallen Angel.  Some entities have been mislabeled or confused.  

Did Belial fall with Satan, a fallen angel in The Book of Revelations?  No.  Nothing new happens under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11)  There may have been a couple instances of fallen angels.  Things not revealed to man previously, possibly like in the Book of Enoch, although, the Book of Enoch is broken.  

Belial is Worthless.  You know them by their fruit.  (Matthew 7:16-20)  That could be false prophets or people worshiping particular entities.  Biden, Kamala Harris, and Jefferies, have they been worthless?  They all seem to have been hit by the same brain bug.  Kamala Harris in videos a decade ago, she was articulate.  You didn't have to agree with her, but she was articulate.  Something is off.  Sign of something.