Reply #12: There are parts of stone craft that is about controlling spirits.

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enrolled zombies and vampires to achieve their nefarious goals in stuffing the ballot box

I ignore all that stuff, and don't want to control anything, I think free will is better.

The idea of controlling spirits that goes way back also, all the way to the Bible and stories of Solomon.

Although I don't think they should be controlled especially when they are in oppression or confused, but helped to find that loving good feeling of freedom, and free will. So I think of it as friends, not like training a flying dinosaur. The metaphor in dynotopia, and avatar, and many other stories.

Note there is the idea of the reptile mind in there also, but that is mixed metaphors with science also. But the taming of the powerful spiritual things is in many stories also. I think it should be freeing not just taking something in oppression, and putting it in your oppression.

It is also in Highlander movie, and the Freddie movies. And 100 other movies.