Spectrophilia is the sexual attraction to ghosts or the arousal from images in mirrors, also the phenomenon of sexual encounters between ghosts and humans.

Spectrophilia as a fetish

Spectrophilia is a fetish that is classified as the paraphilia in which one is attracted to ghosts or spirits. One may be aroused by reflections or images in a mirror. Oftentimes those with the spectrophilia fetish masturbate against mirrors. Spectrophiliacs fantasize about ghosts and often imagine scenarios involving sexual events between themselves or others and spirits.

Succubus and Incubus

In religion there is the succubus and the incubus. A succubus is a demon or evil spirit who takes on a female human form to seduce men. The succubus most commonly seduces men through intercourse. The succubus is known to take semen from the male for use of impregnating a woman. The counterpart of the succubus is the incubus. The incubus is a demon that takes on the male human form. The incubus much like the succubus seduces women into sex in the objective of impregnating the woman with its spawn. The fact that succubi and incubi are spirits or ghosts that have sexual intercourse with men and women classifies the phenomenon as spectrophilia.

Spectrophilia in Folklore

There is speculation on whether spectrophilia actually exist. Even before spectrophilia was a documented term there were storied of spirits having sexual relations and procreating with humans. Several cultures have their own versions of spectrophilia stories. Arabic, Greek, Hindu, and Celtic are just some of the cultures that have spectrophilia folklore. Folklore is full of spectrophilia. The name for spectrophilia just differs for each culture. The different names are anything from Jinns in Arabic folklore to Dusii in Celtic Folklore. All the stories have differences but all have one thing in common, ghosts having intercourse with humans.

Evidence

No scientific evidence has been documented on the phenomenon of spectrophilia. All the proof there is are the stories of those who claim to have been visited by these seductive entities. Research and interviews continue to be conducted by those in the paranormal field. Spectrophilia has become frequently talked about subject among ghost hunters. Ghost hunters such as the Ghost Adventures Crew have come across several claims of sexual encounters between ghosts and humans. The Travel Channel is becoming well known for its documentary on spectrophilia titled ‘Ghostly Lover’s’. In this documentary there are several women who go into the encounters they had. Although there is no documented scientific evidence the research on spectrophilia is only becoming more thorough.

External links

• http://www.freebase.com/view/en/spectrophiliahttp://www.travelchannel.com/Video/who-are-these-ghostly-lovers-11635http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus#Regional_variationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus

See Also

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•Incubus

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