Is Alcohol A Conduit For Demons?
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Is alcohol a conduit for demons?
Well, have you ever wondered why some drinks are called spirits?
It is believed that the word alcohol comes from the Arabic word “al-Kuhl” which means body-eating spirit or “al-ghawl” which is referenced in the Qur’an in verse 37:47 to describe a demon that produces a sense of intoxication.
Arabs trace the roots of origin of the word “al-ghawl” to the English word ghoul, which commonly refers to evil demons thought to eat human bodies and corpses.
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It is also believed that in middle eastern alchemy terminologies this kind of alcohol/liquor came from experimental magical exploration that extracted the soul out of the drinker allowing dark forces to take control of the body, hence, the word spirits.
Interestingly, some believe that these spirits taking control of the drinker’s body is what causes blackouts and partial amnesia, something associated with excessive drinking.
Blackout drunk
Drinking until you black out is scary shit.
I was a blackout drinker.
I’d wake up not knowing what I’d done and would have other people help me fill in the blanks.
Often I would hear; “it was like you were possessed.”
You see, when I was under the influence of alcohol sometimes I didn’t feel like I was me.
I had the same face. The same body. The same voice (although a little slurred). The same clothes. The same mannerisms.
But I was told on occasions that my eyes just turned vacant and that I was non-responsive, despite being fully ‘awake’.
Did I blackout or was my body taken over?
Were my eyes vacant or had they been possessed?
It’s scary to think that I could have been controlled by a demon or an otherworldly spirit.
But sometimes it did feel like alcohol had possessed me.
When I took that first sip, cravings grabbed me and polluted my mind, calling for me to drink more and more of the devil's blood.
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It's only with some sobriety under your belt and newly found clarity that you realise how scary blacking out really is, especially when you read what I've just laid out.
Thankfully, I feel like getting sober has helped me exercise some demons.
So if we view alcohol as a conduit for demons, it is realistic to think that that includes the devil himself.
By consistently abusing alcohol you are allowing the devil to be summoned, leaving yourself vulnerable to being dragged down to hell.
The thought that alcohol may be a conduit for demons was inspired by the film Constantine in which Keanu Reeve’s character explains that water is a conduit to the other side.
This made me think about the use of alcohol, especially my own experiences with it, and how you will never win the war against your personal demons if you continue to use booze as a weapon - because you may well be summoning further demons.
The more and more you drink, the more and more demons will have you chasing death rather than embracing life.
But it’s not just alcohol that you can point to as being a potential conduit for demons. There is another, trendier liquid that people are using nowadays.
Ayahuasca
People have had some bad experiences after taking Ayahuasca, which is why I’ve included a little section on it in this essay.
Ayahuasca is a brew made from the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub - which contains Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a psychedelic substance that occurs naturally in the plant - along with the stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and is used for spiritual and religious purposes by ancient Amazonian tribes.
The drink that many travel around the world to come and experience is still used as a sacred beverage by some religious communities in Brazil and North America, including the Santo Daime.
It is said that the brew affects the central nervous system, leading to an altered state of consciousness that can include hallucinations, out-of-body experiences, and euphoria.
Ayahuasca is a drug - a mind-altering one.
Alcohol is a drug - a mind-altering one.
To me, there is no real difference between the two aside from the fact that one just comes in fancier packaging.
That being said, I've had lots of people tell me how Ayahuasca has changed and benefited their life.
Possessed
I’ve watched first-hand how alcohol has turned usually calm friends into raging beasts ready to fight the world.
I had one colleague that I worked with for years.
At work, he was very quiet, laid back and a pretty cool cat.
But get a drink in him and he became violent, angry and moody - as if he was possessed.
There is definitely an argument to suggest that he had these emotions laying within him and alcohol just brought them to the surface.
But what really brought it out of him?
Maybe it was the devil.
Maybe it was demons.
Whatever it was, it changed him.
His eyes would blacken over and it was as if we had lost him.
I remember going out with him and a few other people from work one night and he randomly started a fight with a group of lads. It was one of the only times that I nearly ended up being punched.
I hung out with him very little after this because it was apparent that alcohol did not agree with him.
(I should have looked in the mirror.)
I used to think to myself that no amount of alcohol will ever help him defeat the demons within him - if there were some. He needed to leave the ‘spirits' alone and work on dealing with whatever was going on inside of him.
It wasn’t a fair fight for him.
Every time he would drink, more demons would be on display.
Does this sound familiar?
Is this how/or did behave?
Do/did you become angry and violent?
Do/did you become unfaithful?
Do/did you become filled with rage?
Do/did you become filled with lust?
I’m sure we’ve all been there, the trick is not to get burned by your demons but rather, rise like a phoenix from the ashes and regain control of your life.
If you continue to fuel your demons with drink (and drugs), don't be surprised if you start considering suicide as a genuine option.
That’s the devil at work.
Don't let it get that far.
Don’t allow alcohol to be a conduit for demons.
Don’t allow alcohol to unleash the demons already inside of you.
Don’t allow alcohol to ruin your life.
Full transparency: I wrote this post for my Birth of Clarity newsletter back in 2021, however, the subject had been on my mind recently so I thought I would share it again here.
Also, I’ve resurrected the Birth of Clarity Twitter account (although a different one), so you can follow me there.
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Thank you for this. I've never considered my drinking in these terms and every time I even think about drinking, I suspect I will ask myself something like "do you want to expose yourself to a demon, or even worse... the devil?" This is going to be very helpful
Now that you are sober for a good amount of time do you sense any demonic presence? Has sobriety cleared the way for a darker side of you to emerge safely? I have found that alcohol not only released the demon that was within, but that once drinking ceased, it was reckoning time.