Freaking Out the Unknown?

[LadyTrinity]

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[Shaw]

Ah..to be without a body and brave. Must be it. Also why do people fight? Or why do people go to war? Aren't they afraid?

[puchidevil]

I think they arent scared because we CANT hurt them.

They arent physical, and therefore have nothing to fear really.

[Shaw]

Oh you can cause them pain....it just takes ALOT

[kaosxmage]

Well, you can cause them pain. You can bring fear down on them. And you most certainly can make them pay for their interference ...assuming there is anything there at all.

I have rarely been convinced that a house was haunted, a spirit was causing mischief, or a demon needed driven out of someone. However, I am an opportunist at heart and why should I pass up on those lovely possibilities. Several years ago I adapted a Servitor Creation ritual and turned into my own "trap a invisible force/entity/spirit/spook in a bottle" ritual. Once I feel the offending invisible is in the bottle, I attach a sigil to the spirit and put it to work. I have never had further complaints from those who needed help. I couldn't tell you for sure whether I trapped a spirit or the victims projected fear, but I can tell you that I have quite a collection that I put to work.

Anyone being tormented by such things need only remember it is you that they fear and/or envy. Treat them as any other unwanted guest. Never risk harm to yourself out of fear.

Much love,
--Kaos

[Penthesilea]

Why are ghosts and creatures like aliens so brave to attack people? Are they not scared of us? What if a spirit went and threw a vase at a person, and someone threw it right back at them? Or for demons who take over bodies..and we do exorsisems.. wouldnt a demon say.. well I dont want to be exorcised so I will leave this body alone? Why arent they scared of us?.
:twitch:The majority of living people don't believe in ghosts, spirits, aliens or whatever and when they get smacked upside the head with undeniable proof, they freak. And, being completely scared out of their skulls and thoroughly conditioned by Hollywood horror movies, they proceed to do the stupid -- like running blindly into the night and plowing into a tree -- which no doubt amuses the ghost/whatever no end. More seriously, most of the possession research I've read agrees that only individuals from certain groups are possessed. Specifically, those who believe that possession is possible and whose religious beliefs support the reality of possession. In short, believing that you can be possessed against your will is an open invitation to be possessed, which is why the fear of exorcism doesn't deter those spirits inclined to do that. I would suspect that evicting an evil spirit would be very difficult if the possessed person believed that they deserved to be possessed because of a perceived "evil" or "sinful" nature -- kind of like trying to evict a tenant when the landlord is opposed to the eviction. They aren't scared of us because most of us are too scared of them to realize that we have the power.

[MysticWitch]

If a ghost tried to hurt me.. I wouldnt hesitate to fight back :smash:

[Morgoth]

Seen (darkness} before , as long as you do not let your fear over take you, you can prevail no matter the situation.