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Faith is a Highway - The Onramp4/25/2023 We were a close-knit group consisting of Pasithee (female), her daughter Pallega (female), and our unrelated friends Skoll (male) and Jocasta (male). As far as I recall, we met through an online bulletin board service in Owen Sound. During that period, I was agnostic, while the rest of them were Christians. It was a time when I began to explore and experience the paranormal, which unfortunately led to Pasithee attributing everything to either God or the Devil due to her devout faith.
Her belief that everything I experienced was demonically sourced bothered me the most, especially since I was in a "dark place" at the time. It would be decades later before I realized my unique abilities and position in this realm. As we discussed topics such as the divine, the paranormal, and the demonic, we started to notice abnormalities in our environment. Pasithee's house, for instance, was haunted, though I can't recall whether it was by passing negativity or a spirit. Due to Pasithee's beliefs, I'm almost certain that she associated anything negative in her life with my "refusal to get off the fence," as she believed that "fence sitters were just welcoming the darkness and evil into their hearts." Nonetheless, it was during the year we knew each other that I had my first encounter with people speaking in tongues. This phenomenon occurs when an individual, in a state of religious fervor or trance, vocalizes unintelligible sounds that they attribute to a language being spoken through them by a divine being. The one who communicates through tongues does not address fellow humans but instead speaks to a higher power, as no one can comprehend them since they speak divine secrets through their spirit. In contrast, those who prophesy convey messages to others, with the intent of fortifying, inspiring, and consoling them. The person who uses tongues to communicate benefits themselves, but the one who prophesies benefits the entire community. I heard people speaking in tongues at her church, which I may have attended once or twice, and at her home on a few occasions. Speaking in tongues sounds like gibberish to the average person since it's not meant to be understood by others. It's said to be a conversation between the individual and God. However, I don't know if it's an actual conversation or if the person reaches a level of emotional fervor that they begin to mix words without any real identifiable language. I remember spending time in Pasithee's living room and sensing that it was a place that shifted between darkness and light. Even on sunny days, there were dark corners or a veil of darkness in the room. When Pasithee would perform a cleansing prayer against it, the darkness would fade and disappear. I wasn't the only one to witness this. It wasn't just the lighting; it was a feeling in the house, almost like the house was a portal. It was an old farmhouse split into two rentals, but I don't even know if the house still exists since the area has been developed, and thirty years of nature has made it unrecognizable. One time, when I was feeling particularly depressed, I sat alone in the living room waiting for the feeling to pass. As I sat on the sofa, I felt a presence to my right. In my peripheral vision, I saw a dark figure sitting next to me on the sofa, extending its arm and hand out to touch my shoulder. I turned my head and glared at it with the mental intention for it to leave me alone. The entity retreated and vanished, and a moment later, I saw it pass by the window.
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