Incubus is another one of those demons who embodies in himself an entire class of beings. In this case, he is all incubi, who are male spirits of lust. The name comes from the Latin incubare, to lie upon, weigh down, brood. It was the belief that when an incubus came to a sleeping woman and had sex with her, she experienced nightmares and difficulty breathing. The incubus was thought to sit upon her chest, or in some cases her face.
This feeling of weight upon the chest is characteristic not only of incubi but of their female counterparts, the succubi demons who visit sleeping men for the purpose of sexual union. As someone who has experienced this weight and difficulty breathing numerous times, I can attest that it is very clear, distinct and real, and has nothing to do with dreaming, although it is usually felt for a brief period upon waking from sleep, when consciousness returns. The weight is not always localized upon the chest, but at times can be felt on the face, belly and legs as well.
It is possible by an act of will to drive away the demon, which relieves the pressure. Sometimes the demon will be reluctant to give up its place on your chest, belly, groin and thighs, and the feeling will persist for as much as thirty seconds or so after waking -- long after full consciousness has returned. Its removal is sudden and unmistakable. The feeling is exactly as though a soft weight has been lifted away from the surface of your skin. You can actually feel this removal as a sensation of something lifting itself and departing.
Occasionally you will also see the demon as a translucent, indistinct shape, pressing upon your chest -- it resembles a pale shadow upon the air, and has size and an overall mass, but no distinct features. However, the demon can be seen clearly within the nightmare experienced during its visit, and can be interacted with by the dreamer. The visit of an incubus or succubus does not always bring a dream, nor are those dreams always of an explicitly sexual nature during most of their duration. When a dream occurs, you will often become aware of its sexual energy near its end, at the same time that you feel the weight of the demon on your chest, and the natural response is to will oneself to wake up, which terminates both the dream and the sensation of weight, but not immediately.
My impression of succubi, based on personal experience, is that they derive some sort of nourishment or pleasure from the sexual energy of human beings. They possess the ability to enter our dreams by impersonating dream characters, and manipulate the plot of the dream in order to direct it into sexual channels. In this way they feed themselves on our sexual energy. They usually impersonate people we are familiar with, or sometimes average human beings we do not know, so that we will interact with them without fear (because strong fear terminates a dream), but every now and then they appear more directly in the dream and exhibit physical characteristics that might be described as unhuman or demonic. This usually causes a visceral response of fear or revulsion, ending the dream.
There is nothing inherently dangerous about the visits of incubi or succubi, but repeated visits on a nightly basis can cause fatigue. Some persons not accustomed to dealing with spirits may become frightened by the nonhuman appearances these spirits sometimes adopt. It is my belief that some incubi and succubi deliberate take on a horrible form to generate strong fear and revulsion in their human hosts, presumably because they like the flavor of these emotions when mingled with human sexual energy.
One effective way to terminate the visits of incubi or succubi is to form a close, loving alliance with a familiar spirit, and then request of that spirit that it prevent the intrusions of other spirits while you lie sleeping. The familiar will serve as your psychic bodyguard, so to speak, and prevent other spirits from harassing you. You may not wish to follow this course, since the visits of incubi or succubi can prove quite entertaining.
This feeling of weight upon the chest is characteristic not only of incubi but of their female counterparts, the succubi demons who visit sleeping men for the purpose of sexual union. As someone who has experienced this weight and difficulty breathing numerous times, I can attest that it is very clear, distinct and real, and has nothing to do with dreaming, although it is usually felt for a brief period upon waking from sleep, when consciousness returns. The weight is not always localized upon the chest, but at times can be felt on the face, belly and legs as well.
It is possible by an act of will to drive away the demon, which relieves the pressure. Sometimes the demon will be reluctant to give up its place on your chest, belly, groin and thighs, and the feeling will persist for as much as thirty seconds or so after waking -- long after full consciousness has returned. Its removal is sudden and unmistakable. The feeling is exactly as though a soft weight has been lifted away from the surface of your skin. You can actually feel this removal as a sensation of something lifting itself and departing.
Occasionally you will also see the demon as a translucent, indistinct shape, pressing upon your chest -- it resembles a pale shadow upon the air, and has size and an overall mass, but no distinct features. However, the demon can be seen clearly within the nightmare experienced during its visit, and can be interacted with by the dreamer. The visit of an incubus or succubus does not always bring a dream, nor are those dreams always of an explicitly sexual nature during most of their duration. When a dream occurs, you will often become aware of its sexual energy near its end, at the same time that you feel the weight of the demon on your chest, and the natural response is to will oneself to wake up, which terminates both the dream and the sensation of weight, but not immediately.
My impression of succubi, based on personal experience, is that they derive some sort of nourishment or pleasure from the sexual energy of human beings. They possess the ability to enter our dreams by impersonating dream characters, and manipulate the plot of the dream in order to direct it into sexual channels. In this way they feed themselves on our sexual energy. They usually impersonate people we are familiar with, or sometimes average human beings we do not know, so that we will interact with them without fear (because strong fear terminates a dream), but every now and then they appear more directly in the dream and exhibit physical characteristics that might be described as unhuman or demonic. This usually causes a visceral response of fear or revulsion, ending the dream.
There is nothing inherently dangerous about the visits of incubi or succubi, but repeated visits on a nightly basis can cause fatigue. Some persons not accustomed to dealing with spirits may become frightened by the nonhuman appearances these spirits sometimes adopt. It is my belief that some incubi and succubi deliberate take on a horrible form to generate strong fear and revulsion in their human hosts, presumably because they like the flavor of these emotions when mingled with human sexual energy.
One effective way to terminate the visits of incubi or succubi is to form a close, loving alliance with a familiar spirit, and then request of that spirit that it prevent the intrusions of other spirits while you lie sleeping. The familiar will serve as your psychic bodyguard, so to speak, and prevent other spirits from harassing you. You may not wish to follow this course, since the visits of incubi or succubi can prove quite entertaining.
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