Demon or Angel w/ a Warning?
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 2:36 pm
When I was about 16, I had a dream/experience that was the scariest of my life. I grew up in the Church of Christ (not LDS). I was 16, going on 17, and had not been baptized yet. I believed, but I just hadn't gone through with it. It was raging inside me, I think. The knowledge that I could be lost if I died was bothering me.
One night, I awoke in my bed, but couldn't move. I could only open my eyes. Couldn't speak. It was like one of those night terrors. I had those a few times growing up. Anyway, I awoke but didn't open my eyes right away. I felt this awful presence in my room. I didn't want to see, but I slowly opened my eyes. Hovering over me, parallel to my body, was a being that I can still see in my mind 14 years later. It was white and ethereal. It had tattered robes that were billowing like they were being blown by wind. The face was a skull with dark eye sockets and a menacing, toothy grin. Flowing back from this face, intermingled with the garments, was a white flame all around. It was like a cross between the spirit in Poltergeist that comes down the stairway and a Lost Soul from the computer game DOOM. It didn't say anything. It just opened it's mouth and screamed in my face. It was very weird. It wasn't an audible scream. It was total silence, but I could feel it screaming. I shut my eyes tight and kept repeating that it wasn't real. I tried to control my breathing until it went away. It left as quickly as it had appeared. The whole thing was over in a matter of seconds.
It wasn't long after that I was baptized. I haven't had another dream like that since.
I never really thought of it as a demon. Why would a demon warn me? It would want me to continue doing what I was doing and be lost. I figure it could have been an angel appearing as something insanely scary to try and reach me. I'm pretty slow to act. Maybe I needed a swift kick in the rear. The logical side of me says I was having a battle in my subconscious, and the truth finally came through to me and showed me what I was facing. My mind conjured something frightening by combining two things (Poltergeist and Lost Soul) that I had seen before. Either way, it was effective!
One night, I awoke in my bed, but couldn't move. I could only open my eyes. Couldn't speak. It was like one of those night terrors. I had those a few times growing up. Anyway, I awoke but didn't open my eyes right away. I felt this awful presence in my room. I didn't want to see, but I slowly opened my eyes. Hovering over me, parallel to my body, was a being that I can still see in my mind 14 years later. It was white and ethereal. It had tattered robes that were billowing like they were being blown by wind. The face was a skull with dark eye sockets and a menacing, toothy grin. Flowing back from this face, intermingled with the garments, was a white flame all around. It was like a cross between the spirit in Poltergeist that comes down the stairway and a Lost Soul from the computer game DOOM. It didn't say anything. It just opened it's mouth and screamed in my face. It was very weird. It wasn't an audible scream. It was total silence, but I could feel it screaming. I shut my eyes tight and kept repeating that it wasn't real. I tried to control my breathing until it went away. It left as quickly as it had appeared. The whole thing was over in a matter of seconds.
It wasn't long after that I was baptized. I haven't had another dream like that since.
I never really thought of it as a demon. Why would a demon warn me? It would want me to continue doing what I was doing and be lost. I figure it could have been an angel appearing as something insanely scary to try and reach me. I'm pretty slow to act. Maybe I needed a swift kick in the rear. The logical side of me says I was having a battle in my subconscious, and the truth finally came through to me and showed me what I was facing. My mind conjured something frightening by combining two things (Poltergeist and Lost Soul) that I had seen before. Either way, it was effective!