Demons and Other Things

R. Dominicus Petrus said: “In aboriginal cultures, the recognition of evil spirits is prevalent. The fact that a coherent science is lacking is the more to their detriment. Many times the cures are far more deadly than the disease, and of course, all diseases are caused by demons”.

There are a number of people throughout the centuries who have written about devils and demons. Many of those stories were nothing more than a person’s imagination writing about a fictitious entity that really only exists in the mind of the writer. Stories of devils and demons were often expressed verbally and written about to scare people into submission and to control them. Artists have painted pictures of demons that are accepted as true representations of them, but are they?

Yes, there are devils and demons that even live in our modern world. Those individuals are really “earthbound spirits”. Earthbound in that they are individuals who have died and not gone to the spirit world that was especially made for them. A spirit world where those individual’s are “secured” and are unable to cause any problems with those who live in this physical world.

The majority of people in this physical world don’t understand that life continues beyond the physical. They believe that when they die, that’s it. They’re dead and there’s nothing beyond it. The church says, “If we don’t believe in God and accept his church, we will not go to heaven. We will sleep in the grave to be judged at a future time;” completely oblivious of the possibility that there maybe something more.

We wonder about this from time to time, wondering if the church is really right. We want to know, but are afraid to ask or speculate about what might be beyond physical death.

The earthbound spirits are the ones who are known as “ghost” and cause problems for some people called “hauntings or poltergeist activities” or often “demonizing” activities. These spirits don’t, for the most part, know that they have died and that there is a place for them other than the physical world. So, they stay in the home where they lived for a number of years, believing that they still own it or just take residence in a home they like. Some of these spirits don’t cause any real problems for the people who live in the house while others do.

When an earthbound cause’s problems for a homeowner, the owner becomes quite upset and wonders what can be done about their unwanted guest. They call their local priest or minister for help. However, there are other individuals (psychics) who specialize in sending earthbound spirits to the spirit world where they really belong. These individuals are able to see, and/or talk to the spirit(s) and therefore they are able send them on their way. Most earthbounds just want someone to recognize that they are there and tell them what happened to them and what they can do about it. So they start making noises and moving things around and causing all kinds of problems.

If the church and scientists would just take a different attitude towards life, maybe there would be fewer earthbound spirits in this world. If they would teach that life continues beyond physical death and that there is a spirit world where we will all go when we die, people would have an entirely different outlook on life. There would not be any demons or devils to cause trouble for us.

We all have hope that there is something more than this world. That there is a place where we go where we will not be judged by a god and will have the opportunity to live in a very beautiful place where we can advance spiritually, serving others with love and respect.