Here are links to the Non-Christian Wikipedia articles on:
Sleep Paralysis
Hypnagogia
Hypnopompic
Alien Abduction
Out-of-body experience
Near-death experience
Christian Perspectives
I'm personally convinced that what people call sleep paralysis, hypnagogic states and hypnopompic trances are sometimes merely physical and other times have their ultimate source in demonic attacks. The same thing with the experience of alien abductions. When it comes to out of body experiences, I believe that sometimes they are hallucinations and other times real experiences of the soul "leaving the body" (either induced by demons, by some other non-malevolent cause or by death).
It is commonly believed by non-Christians that whatever the cause (or causes) of Old Hag Syndrome and the similar experience of "alien abductions" are, that those experiences are very difficult if not nearly impossible to be stopped. However, there are hundreds of cases where both types of experiences have been stopped by calling on the name of Jesus. This suggests that in many instances something spiritual is the source rather than something physical.
The following are some resources from a Christian perspective.
AlienResistance.org is a Christian website that provides evidence and arguments for why the alien abduction phenomenon is usually demonic. The website has articles, videos and testimonies.
AlienResistance.org Videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlienResistanceHQ
and
http://www.alienresistance.org/ancient-of-days-dvds/online-youtube-video-library/
Here are links to my blogs on:
UFOs and Christianity
Near Death Experiences and Christianity
http://misclane.blogspot.com/2014/01/near-death-experiences-and-christianity.html
http://misclane.blogspot.com/2014/01/near-death-experiences-and-christianity.html
Some resources on Old Hag Syndrome and Sleep Paralysis
Sleep Paralysis: A Modern Connection to an Ancient Evil
by Michael Tatar, Jr.
Michael Tatar's website Stop Sleep Paralysis
How To Stop Sleep Paralysis - Old Hag Syndrome
(excerpts from the book Sleep Paralysis: What It Is and How To Stop It by Chris White)
Steve Hays blogs related to Old Hag Syndrome and the occult:
Bell, book, & candle
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/02/bell-book-candle.html
Interpreting Old-Hag syndrome
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/08/interpreting-old-hag-syndrome.html
Miracles: now and then
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/04/miracles-now-and-then.html
More related blogs by Steve Hays
(sometimes the relevant material is in the comments section)
UFOs, Ghosts, and a Rising God: Debunking the Resurrection of Jesus
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/07/ufos-ghosts-and-rising-god-debunking.html
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2010/02/exorcism-of-emily-rose.html
Things that go bump in the night
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-that-go-bump-in-night.html
Animal clairvoyance
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/09/animal-clairvoyance.html
Ave Maria
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2005/04/ave-maria.html
What Should Christians Make Of UFOs?
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-should-christians-make-of-ufos.html
A mind at the end of its tether
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/01/mind-at-end-of-its-tether.html
Fright-night
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2004/09/fright-night.html
Quest for the historical atheist
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2006/04/quest-for-historical-atheist.html
Ne'er shaw yir teeth unless ye can bite!”
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2010/10/neer-shaw-yir-teeth-unless-ye-can-bite.html
Both Steve Hays and the other bloggers at Triablogue have written much more on the topic of the occult and the paranormal. Click the Label links below to access more of them.
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/search/label/Occult
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal
For a more thorough search go to http://www.google.com/advanced_search and type "triablogue.blogspot.com" in the "site or domain:" field.
Make sure to leave out "http://www." and only type "triablogue.blogspot.com".
Then type in keywords like "occult", "paranormal" (etc.) in the "any of these words:" field.
Related blog posts of mine:
Evidence and Testimonies of Demonic and Angelic Encounters
http://misclane.blogspot.com/2013/04/evidence-and-testimonies-of-demonic-and.html
Links on the Subject of Miracles in the Context of Craig Keener's Recent Book
http://www.gospelcrumbs.blogspot.com/2012/11/links-on-subject-of-miracles-in-context.html
Recommended Resources on Divine Healing
http://charismatamatters.blogspot.com/2013/07/recommended-resources-on-healing.html
Testimonies of the Supernatural Among Respected Christian Leaders
http://charismatamatters.blogspot.com/2013/12/testimonies-of-respected-christian.html
Evidence and Arguments Against Materialism and Naturalism
http://misclane.blogspot.com/2014/01/evidence-and-arguments-against.html
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