Spencer Wood
What seems to be described in the latter half of Dawn is an Ibbur. Ibbur is one of the transmigration forms of the soul. Ibbur is always good or positive, normally coming during sleep. Ibbur is the most positive form of possession, and the most complicated. It happens when a righteous soul decides to occupy a living person's body for a time and joins the existing soul. Ibbur is always temporary, and the living person may or may not know that it has taken place. Often the living person has graciously given consent for the Ibbur. The reason for Ibbur is always benevolent—the departed soul wishes to complete an important task, to fulfill a promise, or to perform a mitzvah (a religious duty) that can only be accomplished in the flesh.
This leaves us with two questions:
Who came to Elisha?
Why are they here?
I think the Ibbur would end up being Elisha himself, or at least the younger image of himself. this is because the boy is the only one to really speak with Elisha (yes the beggar spoke but I'm not convinced he was ever human, maybe a Hasidic guardian angel). also it just kinda makes sense poetically that Elisha would haunt himself. (this is all assuming that Darth Vader did kill Anakin and that they are not the same person)
And if the who is correct then the why is understandable. Elisha needed help completing a task. Convincing himself to kill another human being.
Even if it is all in Elisha's head, given his background and level of stress a self-manifesting ghost of a younger version of himself is plausible. And kinda sad.
zane addison
What seems to be described in the latter half of Dawn is an Ibbur. Ibbur is one of the transmigration forms of the soul. Ibbur is always good or positive, normally coming during sleep. Ibbur is the most positive form of possession, and the most complicated. It happens when a righteous soul decides to occupy a living person's body for a time and joins the existing soul. Ibbur is always temporary, and the living person may or may not know that it has taken place. Often the living person has graciously given consent for the Ibbur. The reason for Ibbur is always benevolent—the departed soul wishes to complete an important task, to fulfill a promise, or to perform a mitzvah (a religious duty) that can only be accomplished in the flesh.
This leaves us with two questions:
Who came to Elisha?
Why are they here?
I think the Ibbur would end up being Elisha himself, or at least the younger image of himself. this is because the boy is the only one to really speak with Elisha (yes the beggar spoke but I'm not convinced he was ever human, maybe a Hasidic guardian angel). also it just kinda makes sense poetically that Elisha would haunt himself. (this is all assuming that Darth Vader did kill Anakin and that they are not the same person)
And if the who is correct then the why is understandable. Elisha needed help completing a task. Convincing himself to kill another human being.
Even if it is all in Elisha's head, given his background and level of stress a self-manifesting ghost of a younger version of himself is plausible. And kinda sad.
zane addison
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