I Need Knowledge

I can feel the heat emanating from the mouth of the entity above me as it exhales over me. I can feel the weight on my chest get heavier and heavier as I try to squirm free from under it. My body starts to get tense as more pressure is applied from on top of me. Its eyes start to open as its vision pierces me and I feel the sadness and dread of this entity. I try to scream but I can't speak let alone move my mouth. I can see this entity's hand reach up and feel across my cheek as it grips my mouth. Its hand is almost human with sharp nails protruding from the fingertips almost like claws. I can feel it scrape my face with its nail as whispers around me grow louder. I can't make out anything that is being said as I lay there with tears forming in my eyes.

"Hey, are you okay buddy?" followed by a knock on the door.

My dad comes to check on me and see how I was doing. Everything starts to get fuzzy as I jolt up from my pillow which is now covered in sweat. The door opens and my dad stands there in a powder blue button shirt tucked into his dark beige pants.

"Yeah... yeah, I'm fine dad" trying my best to force a sentence out. "I was just sleeping."

I don't know how much longer I can keep up this charade of being okay. My dad walks over to me and sits at the edge of the bed. He presses his hand against my forehead.

"You're burning up, I'll call work and tell them I can't go in today." My dad stands up and starts to walk towards the door.

"NO!" I raise my voice startling my dad "I mean, you shouldn't call out because of me, I'll be fine."

He stares at me as if he measuring me up. He looks at his watch and walks back to me. "Call me if" I quickly cut him off "If I need anything, I got it, dad." He smiles at me "atta boy" and he walks out the door closing it behind him. I quickly grab my phone and text, Brittany.

*Change of plans, meet me at my house after school*

I put my phone down and look up into the ceiling fan. I turn over and grab my tv remote and turn on the tv. I find a show to put on for background noise as I grab my laptop to try and figure out what this entity is. After some time searching, I come up with nothing so I decide to do the only thing I can, astral project, and attempt to find some answers. I lay down and grab the mojo bag I made for protection that I leave on the nightstand next to me. I open it to make sure all my stones are in there and tie it back up. If I remember correctly this bag contains the main stones, black obsidian, citrine, amethyst, black tourmaline, clear quartz, and pyrite. I rest my head deeper into my pillow and close my eyes. As I drift into unconsciousness I start a chant of protection against demons

*Whether thou art a ghost that hath come from the earth, or a phantom of night that hath no couch… or one that lieth dead in the desert… or a ghost unburied… or a hag-demon, or a ghoul, or a robber-sprite, or a weeping woman that hath died with a babe at the breast… Whatever thou be until thou art removed, until thou departest from the body of the man, thou shalt have no water to drink. Thou shalt not stretch forth thy hand… Into the house enter thou not. Through the fence break thou not...*

My body slips into slumber as my mind wanders. I can feel myself being lifted from my physical body and suddenly I can see my body laying on my bed from above. I venture from my room and head towards my school to check in on Brittany. I can see her in class bored trying not to fall asleep during English class. I then focus my attention on visiting a different plain so I can attempt to gain some knowledge. During my studies of astral projection, I learned about the occult and all different type of beings and deities. I found that there is one, in particular, I can go to for knowledge but for me, it might be tricky. I decided I would attempt to find the Egyptian deity known as Thoth. I sit and recite an invocation I memorized to get in touch with him

*

  Behold me, for I am the writing reed of the god Neb-er-tcher, the lord of laws, who giveth forth the word of wisdom and understanding, and whose speech hath dominion over the double land. I am Thoth the lord of light and truth, who maketh the feeble one to gain victory, and who avengeth the wretched and the oppressed on him that wrongeth him

            I have scattered the darkness!

            I have driven away the storm, and I have brought the wind to Un-Nefer, the beautiful breeze of the north wind, even as it came forth from the womb of his mother.

            I have caused him to enter the hidden abode, and he shall vivify the soul of the Still-Heart, Un-Nefer, the son of Nuit, Horus triumphant!*

I sit and meditate on it for a couple of minutes and nothing happens. I wait around hoping someone or something will appear but to no avail. As I start to stand up a booming voice appears out of nowhere.

"whom bids  upon me!" The voice physically shook me.

"Oh great god of knowledge, I ask that you deliver upon me knowledge of a certain demon entity." My voice was shaky as I have never done this before.

"Doth thou disrespect me with no offering  yet thou demand knowledge!" You can hear the agitation in his voice as the pressure around me starts to get heavy.

"I mean no disrespect I just..." I immediately get cut off and his voice booms through my ears.

"I refuse thy demand, never contact me with drossy skimble-skamble stuff." I can feel his presence fade as I sit there shaken to the core by the intensity of this deity.

I leave the plains of where I am and head back to my body. I enter back into the physical world as my eyes slowly open and I see my room again. I start to get up from bed and check the time, it's almost time for school to be let out, which means Brittany should be here soon. I walk downstairs and go to the refrigerator. I look inside and grab the milk, I set the milk down grab a bowl and open the pantry to grab a box of my favorite cereal.

"That was such an intense session," I say to myself out loud talking to myself. I finish the cereal and start to walk back to the stairs when there's a knock on the door. I walk over to the door and look through the peephole. I see Brittany standing outside yelling for me to hurry up. I open the door and she rushes in pushing me to the side as if she lived here also.

"I'm hungry, what do we have to eat?" She walks over to the fridge and grabs some juice from it. She walks over to the pantry and grabs some ramen. She grabs a bowl and a pot, fills the pot with water, and boils it.

"You will never guess what I found out" she looks at me with a smile on her face "We can contact spirits through a game board!" Her face fills with excitement.

"Did you not know about Ouija boards?" I looked at her confused.

"Now I do after searching the internet" she rolls her eyes "I figured we can maybe reach out to that demon who you drew in your notebook or maybe even something else" she wiggled her fingers as to indicate something spooky.

"That's a terrible idea." I shake my head to disapprove

"Please, please, please this is my first time and who better to try this with than with my best friend!" She cracks the biggest fake smile I have ever seen and I immediately laugh.

I sigh "fine but we do it my way and with protection."

"YAYYYYYY!" She burst out in a cheer as she pulls a board out of her backpack. "I picked one up on the way here, I'm so excited!" Her face filled with joy as my stomach turned. Something told me this might be a bad idea but when looking at her and how excited she is, it's kind of hard to say no. She finishes making her soup and brings it to my room. We sit at the edge of the bed as she finishes her soup slurping every last noodle. I look at the board laying on the floor in its box. I get nervous thinking about what would happen next.