There are many stories of ghosts, encounters with ghosts about their habitat. Sometimes these entities scare a person, creating problems for him, sometimes they warn of impending danger, giving signs. But there are entities that inhabit the people themselves.
Spirit - protector
For a long time, a person noticed unexpected changes in behavior, character, and sudden anxiety in himself or in other people. Sometimes people begin to commit acts that are not peculiar to them, although they have no mental deviation. Persistent thoughts that come from "nowhere" and unexpectedly illuminating ideas - such sensations are familiar to many.
In ancient times, the Greeks believed that there were invisible creatures that are attached to each person and who are able to inhabit him. These entities act as guardians. They do not have a physical body, they are able to interact with the energy-informational shell of the owner, understanding his thoughts, fears and experiences. They can give helpful advice to the owner about current or upcoming events.
Manitou and Loa
Each North American Indian warrior, during his growing up period, underwent a series of ritual tests, with the help of which he could instill in himself a special supernatural entity - Manita. With the help of such an entity, a person establishes contacts with the forces of nature, gaining power over the vital energy, which is in all the constituent elements of the physical world.
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It should be noted that the manitou themselves are a kind of quintessence of this energy and are divided into good and evil. During the rituals, the good ones called for gaining strength and support, while the evil tried to infiltrate a person against his will, to exist at his expense.
In voodoo, the African religion, there are many loa - spirits that are able to enter a person. Voodoo priests perform ritual dances of merging with the loa in order to gain a connection with the upper world, receive advice from the senior gods and protect themselves from the influence of the evil souls of the dead. As a payment for the leniency and the help provided, the loa offer sacrifices, various animals. And it is believed that the carcasses of the sacrificed animals are not interesting to the spirits - they absorb only their vitality.
Such entities existed in almost all ancient cultures. Assuming that the settlers are entities in reality, it should be recognized that most of them have a negative effect on people and only a few provide assistance to their host. But what could be needed by such mystical creatures from an ordinary person?
Became popular in the XX century, such a concept as "energy vampirism" - the contactless absorption by one individual of mood and emotions, and in some cases, the health of another. In our progressive age, a person is forced to constantly interact with each other in different spheres of life. This happens more often in large cities, and stories about malevolent energy vampires appear more and more every year. But, most likely, in some cases attributed to these "vampires", the victim's vital energy is not taken away by an energy one - a vampire, but something otherworldly?
Most of the settlers prolong their existence using the life force of a person. It is believed that a highly sensitive, weak-willed person is especially vulnerable to them. Maybe such settlers are just curious to play with such personalities - it gives them pleasure, so they approach the process with great interest, constantly looking for new victims. Accumulating energy, the settlers - entities become stronger over time and thanks to this they acquire the ability to move into a mentally more stable, strong-willed person. But you have to start somewhere, attacking the weak, taking away their strength, less powerful entities train, gain experience.
There is another reason for the interest of settlers in humans - the ability to come into contact with our world through the human body.
An extraordinary story happened to the famous Victorian painter Richard Dadd who lived in the 19th century. Richard was a talented and good-natured person. At the beginning of his artistic career, he received widespread critical acclaim and received several prestigious awards, and with them many fans. A year after writing the most famous of his works - the painting "Sleeping Titania" - Daddom embarked on a multi-month expedition to the countries of the Mediterranean Sea. While traveling through Egypt, Richard began to visit strange visions that haunted him at night and caused severe irritation and fatigue. One hot December day, sailing on a ship along the Nile, Dadd suddenly announced to those around him that Osiris himself, one of the eldest gods of the Egyptian pantheon, had entered him - no less,alternately serving as the judge of all the dead and the ruler of the afterlife. On the way back home, Richard periodically lost control of his actions and became aggressive.
Returning to his native England in 1843, the artist was declared insane, he was placed under the care of his closest relatives. In August of the same year, he killed his father, believing him to be the embodiment of evil. After that, he broke out of the house, intending to kill several more people, and began to attack passers-by. Citizens who witnessed those events noted the exorbitant strength of this puny man. Dadd spent the rest of his life in mental hospitals, continuing to paint.
But even there he had fits of rage. At the same time, the artist argued that some evil entities constantly infiltrate his body, which take over him.
By the way: in the already mentioned voodooism, there is a character similar to Osiris, Baron Semetier, the founder of the spirits of death and graves. It is to him that the priests appeal with a prayer to drive away otherworldly monsters from themselves.
But back to our unfortunate artist. Was it really possessed by an ancient Egyptian deity? Among the Mediterranean peoples, the belief, which came down from the Romans, was widespread about the larvae - evil spirits who became people who died unexpectedly, not necessarily evil, but not receiving proper rest. Translated from Latin, larvae means "mask", "mask", which perfectly characterizes these creatures. Larvs fed on the vital energy of people, brought misfortune and drove them crazy. At the same time, they deceived their victims, posing as much more powerful entities, like omnipotent gods.
Free cheese only comes in a mousetrap
Currently, the problem of unwanted settler spirits has become a concern of Eastern European Catholic priests. In September last year, the world's first magazine devoted to this topic, Egzorcysta, began to be published in Poland. The clergy sincerely hope that the advice published in the publication will help people suffering from alien influences.
Considering all of the above, it is impossible to unequivocally call the sharing entities exceptionally bad or exceptionally good. You should take into account the smallest nuances of the behavior of each of them. But caution is never superfluous. Even if someone invisible begins to persistently give you useful advice, it is worth remembering: free cheese is only in a mousetrap.
Maxim Lakomsky. Secrets of the 20th century