by goldragon_70 » March 15th, 2006, 10:20 pm
[quote="nuit/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/i9"][quote="goldragon_7/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/i"][quote="nuit/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/i9"]True but if they do not believe in astral senses they may see only a non astral halucination. not that their astral construct won't be there but they probably won't see it astrally. and their astral construct will fade away unless they feed it energy or it discover's astral vampirism on it's own. I'm speculating, of course as regards the nonbeliever not getting much astral benefit from the exercise.
speaking of astral vampirism; i may need to include some safety valves so that my script idea does not spawn a bunch of astral parasites. it is possible according to lore for an astral construct like this to become independant if it is not closely supervised by learning to prey on other's astral energy. such creatures normally become extremely belligerent and dangerous often running amok. according to lore they can actually drain a host dry and kill them over a sustained period of time.
a related type of magickal construct made manifest in the material world according to the lore was the prague golem. it grew willful and violent and had to be uncreated after it ran amok. an interesting legend there. look it up some time...[/quote]
I have had similar but different experiences with demons. They feed on what they know, the astral itself is made of energy and can easily sustain those that are in it, but they only chose to feed on energy created by certain emotions. No soul can be destroyed.[/quote]
if an astral parasite weaakens the etheric body the subject will lose vital energy, be prone to illness, accidents, psychosis and obsession or possession. they can lose enough vital energy that they die. The outer membrane of their aura will be ragged full of holes and leaky. so they lose not only energy to the parasite but out into the astral and certain types of negative personality in the physical world around them may unconsciously sap their energy too. the astral leakage will atract other parasites and lower base elementals that can enter through the holes in the defensive outer membrane of thier subtle body. they will have no shielding not even the shielding of an untrained person in good health. and their astral double will not be able to provide enough energy to refill the loss. over time the person will die unless the parasite is destroyed or driven off or the person's aura is sealed bya discipline or time.[/quote]
The soul will continue, but that's not the point. The Astral helper that you creat will not just go away, it is now a soul itself.
In my dreams I once said, "Ahh, Yes, but how many minds does my one mind hold?".