Saint Augustine wrote as early as 420 AD. BC: "Sylvanas and fauns (their appearance was similar to that of a human, but they were hairy, and their legs looked like paws or hooves), who are usually called" incubi "(male spirit), often make wicked attacks on women and satisfy with them your lust."
Astral mistress
According to medieval treatises, a man once lived in the city of Koblenz, bewitched in such a way that in the presence of his wife he constantly performed acts of love. But not with her, but with some mysterious stranger, whom his wife could not see, but whom he himself saw and felt. Moreover, the husband gave himself so much to his passion that he did not notice the protesting cries of his legal wife.
From the outside it looked like a very strange act of self-gratification. The spouse did not have time to finish one intercourse with the ephemeral virgin, as he immediately jumped up with renewed vigor and shouted: "Let's start over!" Sexual acts followed one after another. The wife, all overwhelmed with tears, no matter how hard she tried to drive away the astral mistress from her husband, could not do it. She could not even wedge herself between the copulating - an unknown force pushed her away from her husband.
No matter how the wife looked, she could not distinguish either the rival's body contour or her face. Sometimes my husband, completely exhausted from frantic love affairs, after another orgasm, fell to the floor in exhaustion. When he gradually came to his senses, he could only say that this was happening to him not by his will. He is unable to restrain himself from the passion that grips him when a naked astral maiden appears.
Demon of the underworld
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Similar stories about the devil's temptation can be heard in another part of the world - India. There, the people involved in this kind of stories are the demons of the underworld, which, with some distraction, can be considered aliens. Thus, one brahmana from South India said: when in his youth he was carried away by occult tantrism, he was visited by a naked guest, "not quite human in appearance." A more experienced comrade told him that it was Mohini, the demon of the underworld. She can take 18 forms in one night and will demand to satisfy them all.
However, she herself can endow a man with incredible sexual strength, so he can easily cope with what previously seemed unattainable to him. In return, Mohini will protect his beloved from enemies and fulfill his wishes, in the manner of a goldfish. But if he likes an earthly woman, then there is no mercy. The man will drown in his own blood, which for no reason gush out his throat.
Ephemeral love affair
This case is very similar to the deep meeting of people with elves and fairies, fanned by legends of antiquity, who, at their will, changing their appearance, can become like earthly people. All this ephemeral creatures do in order to enter into a sexual relationship with a person and, having exhausted him without any measure, enjoy the energy of his erotic feelings. So, it is known about a certain Englishman Loughlin, who was in love with a fairy. The insatiable and bewitchingly beautiful fairy came to Loughlin every night, so that, in the end, he was so exhausted that he began to avoid her. To escape from his frantic mistress, he, unexpectedly for everyone, emigrated to the United States, abandoning all his affairs, but the fairy mysteriously unraveled the plans of her lover and overtook him even there.
Incubus
Medieval religious writers very colorfully described the scenes of the seduction of innocent girls by the Incubus. One of the girls confessed in confession that she had been corrupted by a disembodied spirit for several years, more in thoughts than bodily …
Another incubus molested the girl, who tried to drive him away, constantly imposing the signs of the cross on herself and sprinkling the bed with holy water. But it hardly helped. When she read a prayer, he instantly disappeared.
To the third girl, as soon as she went to bed, an astral molester appeared and tortured her until dawn. The virgin was afraid to close her eyes, fearing that the incubus would take possession of her in her sleep. Once she invited her devout friend to change beds. And for the first time, in a lot of time, I spent a quiet night, which could not be said about her friend.
The authors of the treatises believe that the beautiful hair of the girls is to blame for everything, since it has been noticed that the incubi are not indifferent to blondes to a greater extent … Girls think too much about their hair and attract libertines with their thoughts. However, there is one effective remedy for such intrigues. So, one incubus constantly tormented the maiden, kindling an irrepressible passion in her. The virgin turned to the holy father Bernard, and he handed her his staff, instructing to put it with him in bed. Which she did. After that, the demon did not dare to enter the room when she was sleeping.
Some are inclined to blame the misfortunes that befell young creatures, the girls themselves. Like, the melancholy is to blame for everything, into which they tend to fall. The reason for this is rooted in the female nature, which is prone to excessive fantasy …
Stone statue of the goddess
However, it turns out that young men also "fantasize". The story is about a pagan guy who fell in love with a stone statue of a goddess. And the goddess … answered him in return. But when, under the compulsion of his relatives, he married an earthly girl, he could not get to know her in any way, since the statue each time left the pedestal and lay between the spouses …
* Sometimes it happened that higher powers destroyed a legal marriage by sending sexual impotence to the husband. At the same time, powerlessness was manifested only in relation to one woman, in all other cases the man had the ability to intercourse. Sometimes, on the contrary, a certain force turns the husband away from his beautiful wife and inspires a violent passion for an ugly woman. And the husband, despite the bad weather, late hour, abandons the house and family and rushes headlong towards her, as if he was not himself. As it was believed, here, undoubtedly, it could not do without the intervention of the devilish obsession … Officially, it was not allowed to resort to counter spells and seek help from sorcerers and sorcerers. Since in this case, despite the temporary help, the demon's power over the person increased.
Medieval theologians saw five ways to heal men and women from these afflictions. It was supposed to seek salvation in a pilgrimage to holy places, in full confession of their sins, in prayer exercises, in repeated overshadowing of oneself with the sign of the cross and pious reflections, in exorcism and in righteous vows.
A. Belov