Spirit Spouses
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:41 pm
(I wasn't really sure which forum to put this in, so feel free to move it.)
A spirit has recently identified herself (in trancework) as my spirit wife. Since then, another spirit performed a sort of wedding ceremony for us (again in trance). I find myself totally unprepared with this unexpected development, and somewhat bewildered. Vows were said, and while it was nothing too intense - just promises of eternal unconditional love - I never expected myself to enter into a pact with a spirit. The spirit feels incredibly benevolent and loving, but I just feel, again, totally unprepared for this.
According to wikipedia, the taking of spirit spouses is one of the most diffuse shamanic practices, featured in myriad cultures around the globe. Despite this, I've had trouble finding a lot of information on this topic online. It's actually pretty weird - if you type in "spirit spouse" or "spirit wife" in google, you mostly just get a ton of Christian websites, almost all based in West Africa (mostly Nigeria), that warn against the dangers of spirit spouses, equating them with incubi/succubi, and offering services to exorcise them, etc. I also tried typing the same criteria into amazon to see if there were any books on the subject, all of the results were either related to Catholic "Bride of Christ" stuff, or (more prevalently) more Christian stuff presenting spirit spouses as evil or demonic, and offering guidance to get rid of them - again, mostly from West African sources. This all actually makes sense - in West Africa, animist Traditional African Religions coexist alongside Christianity and Islam, and in between those two poles there's a wide spectrum of syncretist practices - but I nonetheless found it rather bizarre that this was all that I was coming up with. (I did find one or two pagan blog posts, but they were relatively limited in their scope).
I am writing this thread, therefore, to ask, firstly, if anyone can recommend any reading material on this topic; and secondly, if anyone has any firsthand experience with this phenomenon, if they might be interested in sharing their experiences, and, if appropriate, offering me consul (or at least assuring me that I'm not a lunatic, which is always welcome on this path).
I can provide more information about my own experience if necessary. Honestly, though, on a visceral level this spirit feels incredibly benevolent, and the vows that were said were, as I said, pretty benign. The ceremony was also performed by a trusted spirit that I work with a lot. Intuitively, I was left with a good feeling about the whole thing, but some rational part in my mind can't help but speak up and worry about the implications of it all.
A spirit has recently identified herself (in trancework) as my spirit wife. Since then, another spirit performed a sort of wedding ceremony for us (again in trance). I find myself totally unprepared with this unexpected development, and somewhat bewildered. Vows were said, and while it was nothing too intense - just promises of eternal unconditional love - I never expected myself to enter into a pact with a spirit. The spirit feels incredibly benevolent and loving, but I just feel, again, totally unprepared for this.
According to wikipedia, the taking of spirit spouses is one of the most diffuse shamanic practices, featured in myriad cultures around the globe. Despite this, I've had trouble finding a lot of information on this topic online. It's actually pretty weird - if you type in "spirit spouse" or "spirit wife" in google, you mostly just get a ton of Christian websites, almost all based in West Africa (mostly Nigeria), that warn against the dangers of spirit spouses, equating them with incubi/succubi, and offering services to exorcise them, etc. I also tried typing the same criteria into amazon to see if there were any books on the subject, all of the results were either related to Catholic "Bride of Christ" stuff, or (more prevalently) more Christian stuff presenting spirit spouses as evil or demonic, and offering guidance to get rid of them - again, mostly from West African sources. This all actually makes sense - in West Africa, animist Traditional African Religions coexist alongside Christianity and Islam, and in between those two poles there's a wide spectrum of syncretist practices - but I nonetheless found it rather bizarre that this was all that I was coming up with. (I did find one or two pagan blog posts, but they were relatively limited in their scope).
I am writing this thread, therefore, to ask, firstly, if anyone can recommend any reading material on this topic; and secondly, if anyone has any firsthand experience with this phenomenon, if they might be interested in sharing their experiences, and, if appropriate, offering me consul (or at least assuring me that I'm not a lunatic, which is always welcome on this path).
I can provide more information about my own experience if necessary. Honestly, though, on a visceral level this spirit feels incredibly benevolent, and the vows that were said were, as I said, pretty benign. The ceremony was also performed by a trusted spirit that I work with a lot. Intuitively, I was left with a good feeling about the whole thing, but some rational part in my mind can't help but speak up and worry about the implications of it all.