Your Dark Passenger

Happy Sunday, dark passengers.  Clearly this isn’t Friday as planned.  Whoops. Time, it seems, has a way of moving too quickly for me.

As you’ll remember, we were in the middle of a discussion on how wrong the morning radio program on 102.1 The Edge got their segment on the Incubus and Succubus.   I’ve already mentioned what they said in summary, but now it’s time to dive in and fully explain what they got wrong.

The Incubus and Succubus

Basically, the Incubus and Succubus are the exact same thing.  The only difference between the two is sex. Incubus is male; Succubus is female.

Neither are human.

People of different faiths or systems of belief will all have a different opinion on what they actually are.  Some will say they are demons while others like to refer to them as angry spirits.  Another thought is that these are Elementals who’ve allowed themselves to become polluted and perverted by humanity.

Yeah. By humanity.

Typically, Elementals may observe humanity but have little or no interest in humans themselves.  Of course, things happen and things change.  Sometimes, Elementals not only interfere, they take a sexual interest in a human.  This is where the term Incubus/Succubus comes into play.  (For simplicity, I’ll begin to only use the term Incubus.  Just know that there is also a female version.)

Alright, time to stop dancing around it.  The Incubus actually has sex with human women.  And no, this isn’t exactly a consensual thing on the part of the woman 100% of the time.  My personal understanding of this - and no, I’ve not been attacked by an Incubus and I hope I never will - is that the attack can take on two different forms.  The first is actual sex.  (No, I have no idea how this works and I’m not sure I want to either.)  The second form of attack is when the Incubus puts their victim into a state of hyper arousal, has them, uh, do their thing solo and feed off the sexual energy being released into the room.  Total side note but some psychic vampires actually choose to feed off sexual energy as well.

Anyway.  Here’s the problem with part of the radio conversation on this: The caller said she wasn’t just having vivid sex dreams, she was having sex.  Sometimes, she’d wake up without her clothes on and would know she’d had sex. (I should mention she lives alone.)

What was the radio side-kick chick’s comment on this?  Well, it was very insightful.  She asked if the caller just really had to pee.

Are you frickin’ kidding me with that?  Really?  Come on.  Guys, I don’t know what it’s like for you, but ladies, you know when you’ve had sex.  I mean, physically you can tell if you’ve had sex.  (Not going into details. This isn’t a sex/sexual health blog.)

The host’s comment about wanting to have a Succubus come visit him so he could get a little hot supernatural action was probably meant in jest and all, but I have to wonder where he was doing his preliminary research.  Yes, there are those who believe the Succubus to take the shape of a very beautiful and seductive woman.  Historically, well, that’s a different story since they were always described as being horrific in appearance.

The Old Hag

Have you ever opened your eyes in the middle of the night and seen a figure - usually that of an old woman - standing next to your bed, staring at you?  This is commonly known as the old hag.  She stands there staring at you.  Maybe she reaches for you.  All the while, you are powerless to move.  Then she’s gone.

Is this real?  Is this paranormal?

Hard to say.  The most common opinion on the old hag is that she is not real and you’re still partially asleep.  You can’t move because sleep paralysis (you know, that thing keeping you from acting out all your dreams) hasn’t worn off yet.  Then again, one has to wonder why so many people in so many different places all claim to see the exact same thing.  Something to ponder…

How did the radio get this one wrong?  Well, the caller who called in to say she was experiencing the same thing as the first caller messed this one up actually.  She claimed she would wake up, see the “man” at the foot of the bed and then he’d jump on her and…yeah.  She said that was a hag attack.

Do I really need to go into detail about how that was wrong?  I mean, that was clearly an Incubus, not the old hag.  The old hag stands there; she doesn’t jump on you and have sex with you.  This was about the point when side kick chick asked if she could come spend the night in one of their houses.  *rolls eyes*

Hmm…I should probably write more, but I think I have to pee so I guess that means I’ve just been victimized by an Incubus.

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”

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