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Hypnagogic Hallucinations, Necrophobia, and Somatized Panic- I see the soul

 

 Question:

Nine years ago, while fully conscious in our family sitting room, I beheld with open eyes a white phantom thrashing its limbs upon my parents' bed. Ever since that moment, paralyzing fear has settled into my heart. When left alone, terror seizes me that the walls will crack open, an entity will emerge, and choke my throat. I cannot remain alone in the house; if my family sleeps while I am awake, obsessive thoughts of corpses invade my cranium. Darkness terrifies me, and sudden panic during prayer compels me to break my prayers. Driven by this dread, I cannot sustain reading or study. Deliver me permanently from this terror.

Answer:

Refrain from remaining in isolation for two months; dwell in bright illumination rather than dimness or darkness. In your diet, increase wholesome sweet foods while minimizing culinary salt.

At night before retiring to sleep, recline flat on your back, rest both hands over your chest, and recite the Kalimah ash-Shahādah three times; thereafter, turn onto whichever side you prefer and sleep.

Upon rising in the morning prior to breakfast, sit outdoors facing north with your mouth closed, and draw eleven slow, deep breaths through your nostrils, exhaling each slowly through your mouth. The duration of this therapeutic regimen is forty consecutive days.

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