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No. 9822
See the problem with me is I took lots of hallucinogens. After all that experience, any such apparitions that appear to me I simply dismiss as a hallucination. It's a really simple (no assumptions, Occam's Razor etc) explanation. People hallucinate a lot more often than they think, most people just don't have the experience to measure reality against hallucination.
A hallucination is when your brain is mistaken about something it perceived in reality. Such as hearing a noise when no one else does, recognizing a pattern where none exists (seeing a monster out of the corner of your eye that's just the shadow of a chair), and so on. In fact, the description in OP is pretty much the definition of a hallucination: "It's like, my mind knows they're there, and that my eyes can't catch it"
It exists in your mind, but not really in reality.
What's really interesting about this is the shared nature of these phenomenon. Going from the hallucination theory, this would indicate that the shared hallucinations come from some shared subconscious. This may or may not be an assumption to the theory depending on how much you like Jung. But the shared hallucinations can basically be explained by Jung's idea of the collective unconscious.
Now this isn't to say that "oh it's a hallucination so it doesn't matter". Quite the contrary, this whole narrative you and your friend have constructed (or perhaps stumbled upon in the collective unconscious) is, by its nature, very important to the both of you. I think you could both benefit greatly from continuing to research this phenomenon. My suggestion would be to peruse a more mysticism-oriented path than a paranormal one though. Not only does the mystical approach demand less assumptions, but I believe it also has a greater potential to make you better and stronger people.
As I already hinted Jung and his work would be a great starting point. Tarot is another easily accessible avenue of mysticism for most people, and indeed Jung spoke a bit on it (though he focused much more of his writings on alchemy). One of my personal favorite subjects is the ancient mystery religion of Eleusis and other such mystery cults. Also, start focusing more on yourselves. Why do you feel like these beings control you? What has made you latch onto this idea instead of just passing it by? Such questions might prove more meaningful than any external ones you could find.
Good luck, brave warrior.
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