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Something Evil ...Part 8 ...To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by johnjgeddes

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Something Evil ...Part 8 ...To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
<br><br><center>*Nightly you retrace your steps again to return
 to the scene of the crime. It's uncanny how you
 hover in the air of the wreckage that you left behind.*
Aimee Mann</center>



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<br><br>I had never been haunted before. The whole uncanny experience played out in silence like a dumb show that existed only in my mind.

Janice Turner, my teaching colleague was unaware of the struggle I was going through and even if she knew I doubt she'd understand.

I wondered if my feelings for her didn't leave me vulnerable in the first place and that enabled Victoria to more easily gain access to my psyche  through my loneliness.

<br><br>It was easy to evade Victoria on campus. There was a divide between us―I, as professor and she as student. 

But I made sure when I was finished my lectures and departmental duties that I left and went home to minimize the chance of seeing her.

It worked very well during the days―it was the nights I found difficult when I'd be bombarded by memories or images of her face.

<br><br>One night in particular was disturbing. I had spent several hours marking graduate papers and decided to take a break and watch a film on television.

 Ironically, the female lead reminded me of Victoria.

Whenever I'd look away from the TV screen, the after image of the actress would hover in the gloom.

At first I thought my eyes were strained from grading papers but as the after images persisted, I sensed a distinct presence.

<br><br>I had heard of people enduring this type of oppression but never gave it much thought because it didn't concern me.

But now I was under siege, locked in a form of spiritual warfare where a seducing spirit was trying to gain entrance.

It was exhausting and terrifying.

<br><br>I had never experienced sleep disturbances or night terrors before, but now I was actually afraid to go to sleep for fear of surrendering my vigilance.

I began doing research on the phenomena and learned about supposed female supernatural entities that seduced men in dreams.

Apparently, these seductresses were not always malevolent.

 I read an account of  Pope Sylvester II whose involvement with a succubus named Meridiana helped him achieve his high rank in the Catholic Church.

Yet, Victoria wasn't a demon and wasn't forcefully oppressive but she was persistent and resisting her charms left me exhausted.

<br><br>Nothing I read, however, dealt with being haunted by a living person.

Besides, other than an infatuation with her professor, I can think of no reason why Victoria would,  assuming she were able, to project her phantasmal double into my bedroom.

The whole matter seemed completely absurd, and yet that was partly the reason why I felt so disturbed.

I decided once again to contact the exorcist, Robert Malachi, to see if he had some answers.

<br><center>To be continued…</center>

<br><center>© 2020, John J Geddes. All rights reserved</center>

<br><center>[Photo]( https://images.app.goo.gl/8WKAfQCcz33mUpS96)</center>

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