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The veil is thin: When spirits show up in sleep paralysis visions

By Ryan Hurd

The veil gets thinner as we approach Halloween and Day of the Dead. This time of year, harvest feasts and remembrance festivals are common around the world, as they have been for thousands of years. The end of October is a cross-quarter day--the … [Read more...] about The veil is thin: When spirits show up in sleep paralysis visions

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: David Hufford, kanishabari, Lucid Dreaming, sleep paralysis

The Succubus Reconsidered: Sexuality in Sleep Paralysis

By Ryan Hurd

The historic fears of succubi and incubi must be reconsidered in light of contemporary psychology.  As the medical community disregarded the narratives of sleep paralysis until David Hufford’s ground-breaking work in the 1970s, we would be making the … [Read more...] about The Succubus Reconsidered: Sexuality in Sleep Paralysis

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: Dark Intrusions, David Hufford, ghost hunters, Louis Proud, sexual lucid dreams, spirit sex, spiritual bypass, succubus, supernatural assault, vampire sex

Sleep Paralysis and Spirits

By Ryan Hurd

Are spirits real, or are they just irrational stories meant to explain things that science now explains better? This is the way the question of spirits is framed by many. According to many recent polls, belief in ghosts in the West hovers around … [Read more...] about Sleep Paralysis and Spirits

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors, Visitation Dreams Tagged With: bereavement visions, David Hufford, near death experiences, night terrors, old hag, shamanic lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, visionary experiences, Visitation Dreams

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