This is sort of an apocryphal topic, and I am not sure how much info on this is in the public domain.
I have read through various literature on exorcisms, that damned souls can serve as possessing entities of people, however weaker than demons and under demons command. I have heard of Judas Iscariot being one of the most prominent, frequent examples
Has anyone heard this and is it true? I do wonder, if it is true what the nature/motive of the damned souls is in being there?
I get the sense, that while the damned souls are the victims of the demons, they are also united with the demons in their hatred of god and of living human beings, wanting us all to join them below.
Is there anything distinct about a damned souls vs. a demon? Do damned souls engage in tempting people, and can they be contaced via ouija board?
Any ieas?
Ouija board is a form of divination, that is, seeking information from supernatural sources and only evil beings will be contacted through it, so it should not be used. The following two qotes are from
Christian Faith and Demonology, L’Osservatore Romano, English Edition, July 10, 1975, pp. 6-10.
“Satan certainly leads on to sin, but he is distinct from the evil which he causes to be committed.” and "… the Fathers of the Church, convinced from Scripture that Satan and the demons are the adversaries of the Redemption, have not failed to remind the faithful of their existence and activity.
Fourth Lateran Council
“We firmly believe and simply confess… one principle of the universe, the Creator of all things visible and invisible, spiritual and corporeal, who by his omnipotence from the beginning of time created all things from nothing, both spiritual and corporeal, namely, the angels and the world, then the human creature, which belongs in a certain way to both, for it is composed of spirit and of body. For the devil and the other demons were created naturally good by God, but it is they who by their own action made themselves evil. As for man, he sinned at the instigation of the devil”
vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19750626_fede-cristiana-demonologia_en.html
The Gospel of John states that “Satan entered him”, speaking of Judas.
John 13:21-31
21 When he had said this, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. 23 One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,[a] was reclining at Jesus’ side. 24 So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. 25 He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel** after I have dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and [took it and] handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. 27 After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” 28 [Now] none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him. 29 Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or to give something to the poor. 30 So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.
31 When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
Demonic possession and exorcism are described in the Gospels.
Catholic Encyclopedia
Man is in various ways subject to the influence of evil spirits. By original sin he brought himself into “captivity under the power of him who thence [from the time of Adam’s transgression] had the empire of death, that is to say, the Devil” (Council of Trent, Sess. V, de pecc. orig., 1), and was through the fear of death all his lifetime subject to servitude (Hebrews 2:15). Even though redeemed by Christ, he is subject to violent temptation: “for our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places” (Ephesians 6:12). But the influence of the demon, as we know from Scripture and the history of the Church, goes further still. He may attack man’s body from without (obsession), or assume control of it from within (possession). As we gather from the Fathers and the theologians, the soul itself can never be “possessed” nor deprived of liberty, though its ordinary control over the members of the body may be hindered by the obsessing spirit (cf. St. Aug., “De sp. et an.”, 27; St. Thomas, “In II Sent.”, d. VIII, Q. i; Ribet, “La mystique divine”, Paris, 1883, pp. 190 sqq.)
O’Donnell, M. (1911). Demonical Possession. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
newadvent.org/cathen/12315a.htm**
