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I'm very curious as to what this community thinks of the entity called Moloch, and on whether anyone here has had any experiences with him. Also, how do yall recommend I go about investigating Moloch for myself? Would it be wise to inquire from other beings first before attempting contact with Moloch himself?
When I was twelve I believe he (or at least his image) had come to me in my dreams, several times. I would see him approach me by my bed, and pick me up. I would always wake up in a panic sweating. I don't remember all the dreams, but I know he visited several times.
At this time I was first getting into the occult, really just more out of interest than out of any hard practice. I was more intersted in Satanism and the occult in a philosophical sense. Soon after these dreams though I came upon articles about Moloch, of his alleged origin as a Cannanite deity whose worship included the sacrifice of children, and whose month of greatest power was December (which was the precise month these dreams/encounters occured.)
This did admittedly terrify me, and it sent me even more on a rush to learn as much as I could, in order to quickly develop my inner self, and empower my self, so that I felt capable of guarding my inner psyche from any malicious beings. I am very proud of the energy I mustered in inner development that I got from this encounter, it became an integral part of me. However I never again had another interaction with anything I could pin back to Moloch.
I've always been curious though as to what this whole encounter meant. It has a very odd spot in my memory. It's never sat in me as being a mere dream. I've heard of people having encounters with their "patron" deity/demon at an early age. However his sinister background always made me think of this encounter as more malicious than anything, especially with his grabbing of my self.
I'm aware of his origin as a Cannanite deity, and his association with demons and more so his association with sacrifice, as far as I'm aware, may be more based on propaganda from ancient Christianity. I'm not well educated in general on the various interpretations of what a demon may be, and whether Moloch could be considered one. I'm aware of theories that demons may be less sentient than us, and may be more like subconscious phenomena. Or that they're higher beings trapped in our world (solomonic). I'm interested in what this community though has to say about him.
It may also be pertinent to mention that at the time of his visit/the dreams I was going through a very turbulent time psychologically. My mother had just left me, with a bipolar grandmother who was quick to verbally assault anyone, including me, who had leftover love or sympathy for my mother. I developed my dissociative identity disorder at this point, and also experienced my first bout of spiritual awakening. Molochs background association of child sacrifice seems to run a parallel to what happened with me at the same time, metaphorically of course :)
Thanks in advance for any replies or questions
