The sleep paralysis demons who reveal your repressed desires

He wakes in the dark, unable to move. Something unseen presses down on his chest; something dark and terrible…

For centuries, stories of this kind of encounter have been told by people from all walks of life. Was it a demon? A dream? Or something stranger still?

In this video, we meet one of history's most unnerving monsters: the night visitor who blurs the line between fear and desire. From ancient Mesopotamia to medieval Europe, these figures have always haunted our nightmares – but what if they're more than mere night terrors?

Join me for this teaser of our upcoming series on monsters as archetypes, as we explore the hidden meaning of incubi and succubi.

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Thumbnail image credit:
A perturbed young woman fast asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810, after himself. Wellcome Collection. CC BY

References:
🔹 St Augustine, ‘City of God’
🔹 William Shakespeare, ‘King Lear’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (and probably other works)
🔹 James Cheyne, ‘The ominous numinous: Sensed presence and 'other' hallucinations’ (Journal of Consciousness Studies. 8. 133-150)
🔹 Carl Jung, ‘Symbols of Transformation’
🔹 Carl Jung, ‘Psychology and Alchemy’

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