QUOTE(ivytheplant @ Jan 11 2007, 11:54 AM) [snapback]1496028[/snapback]
I had a bizarre experience several years ago with a truly unpleasant woman. Back when I was hosting a discussion group for the town's pagans, she wandered into the group and professed expert knowledge in all things magickal, a long pedigree sounding like something from Tolkien, and invited people to her home for a ritual gathering. I didn't want people to wander into some nutcase's house, so I did some research on her background, talked to a few people where she used to live, and got nothing but positive feedback. Everyone said exactly the same thing, in drone-like fashion, but I figured case closed and let it go. I even interacted with the woman and she seemed to be friendly, but every so often I'd hear someone in town relay some information about something she did or said, stuff that wasn't necessarily good in even normal social circles. Couple years later, I get a frantic email from someone claiming to have been in her coven. I talked to the person, and a few others in her old community, and they all brought up charges against her that were everything from mean to illegal, so I started digging further (I had friends who had joined this woman's coven and I was concerned for their safety). More stories started to surface about her, including her using her coven members as unwilling prostitutes (men and women) for the town's local pervert (she would apparently drug them during one on one magickal "lessons" before delivering them). The previous positive stories I had heard from people in her old community were actually the same man using multiple aliases; he worshipped this woman and had been (supposedly) threatening members of her former coven if they said anything negative.
A friend of mine, who had been in her coven, invited me over to her place one night for a movie. When I got there, this woman was there, waiting for me. She very calmly explained she knew I was checking up on her and she was "disappointed" that I didn't trust her by now. It was the weirdest experience of my life. I'd been in confrontational situations before, when I was in the wrong, when the other person was in the wrong, or when there was a misunderstanding, even when there was outright hostility, but never had I felt anything like that night, and I haven't felt anything since. As she was calmly "explaining" things to me, I felt like my chest was tightening, my vision started to unfocus (not blurry, but just not focusin), and I felt this intense heat all over my body. It increased dramatically until my body felt like I had been covered in tiny cuts and the cuts rubbed with ground cayenne (anyone who ever mistakenly touched cayenne to their face or hands knows what I'm talking about, but this is much worse). I was completely immobilized, I couldn't say anything, I couldn't think at all, and I couldn't do anything but nod. In my head, I started screaming to myself, hoping to snap out of it, and I was able to get out of the chair, walk to the door (though it was excrutiating), and get out of the apartment where I blindly ran until I got to the park and collapsed beneath a tree. Once I was out of the apartment, the effect wore off and I could think more and more the farther I got away. Five minutes after I walked out the door, it was like nothing happened, save a throbbing headache.
Later, a friend of mine, who is a member of the Vampire Church, told me that the woman was a psychic vampire and was trying to drain my energy until I could be controlled by her, much like she did to her coven (according to reports).
I tend to scoff at magick and witchcraft these days, but whenever I remember that experience, I can't even begin to explain it. Nothing I've ever experienced in any situation was anything like that. I've been in situations where I've screwed up and I know I screwed up, but this was not the case. I felt she was a danger to people in the community (the reports from my location were from people I trusted or people I knew wouldn't just make things up for attention...few guys want to admit they were drugged and raped by an old man, for example and no one wanted to go to the police). I wasn't sure what should be done about her once enough evidence was gathered, but I never got the chance. Remember, I was socializing with her prior to this so it wasn't like this was our first encounter. Eventually, she had to flee the town due to some criminal charges brought up against her in her previous location. I never did find out what happened to her.
Sound like a case of good riddance..... what an aweful 'person' she must have been. They are out there.... this is the first one I have read though like this one..... nasty piece of work...... one thing the PV I experienced here in town had that capablilty you mentioned it got to a stage after long term exposure to this female where I 'could not form thoughts'.. I have tried to explain that to people but they don't know what I am talking about ....maybe you do?