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Dybbuk and Ibbur

Aug 20, 2009 | No Comments | @andrewmarcec

A Dybbuck is a malicious spirit featured in Jewish folklore that is said to be one that were turned away from Gehenna (hell) for very serious offenses. What could be so serious that ones soul could be turned away from Hell? Suicide.

The dybbuk possesses the body of a living person in order to try and accomplish all those unfinished tasks that it left in life. Dybbuk is a fitting work to use for the spirit as it means “attached”. However, though many perceive the dybbuk as an evil thing, it does exit the body once the tasks it needs done are complete.

There is a good version of a dybbuk in the Jewish religion, the Ibbur. The Ibbur is the most positive form of possession, and incredibly complex, because you won’t even know if you have been possessed. The Ibbur is a righteous soul that impregnates the body to do good deeds or Mitzvas, that can only be accomplished in the flesh.

The dybbuk was most recently portrayed in the David Goyer film “The Unborn”.

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