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| − | The Mind Parasites are from Colin Wilson's "The Mind Parasites." | + | The '''Mind Parasites''' are from [[Colin Wilson]]'s "[[The Mind Parasites (fiction)]]". |
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| + | ==Description== | ||
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| + | A great burning fragment had been torn from this sun by a passing comet, and hot gases had condensed into the moon as we know it today, gradually destroying its inhabitants. But since they were not bodies in the earthly sense, they could not die in the ordinary way. They tried to adapt to the cooling matter of their world, becoming a part of the molecular structure of the solid as they had once been a part of the structure of hot gas. | ||
| + | <br>— [[Colin Wilson]]. "[[The Mind Parasites (fiction)]]" | ||
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| + | Vague, incorporeal, invisible, intangible, gaseous entities, once a sentient gas dwelling in the Sun, the Mind Parasites were stranded on a cooling chunk of sun-matter that broke away in the form of a cooling moon, forcing the aliens to adapt the only way they could as the warmth drained away: as parasites on other living creatures, feeding on their victims' intellects of intelligent species, especially humans. Now, the Mind Parasites secretly infest almost every living human being on Earth, quietly drinking away a little of each person's intellectual potential, and driving to madness anyone who notices - in fact, many of Earth's greatest thinkers, artists, and visionaries noticed the parasites, and many of those thinkers, artists, and visionaries were also met with paranoia, anxiety, depression, confusion, madness, suicide, persecution and death. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
| + | Optional. This is a good place to include non-canon and controversial aspects of the creature's mythos. | ||
| + | Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; | ||
| + | "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric versions; | ||
| + | identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; | ||
| + | rumor and speculation... these contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos. | ||
| + | * Alternative_theory. ([[source]]) | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
| + | Optional. Suggestions for using these creatures in the CoC RPG, and in fan-fiction. | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * tome: ''[[Tome1]]'' | ||
| + | * artifact: [[Artifact1]] | ||
| + | * deity: [[GreatOld1]] | ||
| + | * race: [[Race1]] | ||
| + | * location: [[Location1]] | ||
| + | * cult: [[Organization1]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: [[Colin Wilson]]'s "[[The Mind Parasites (fiction)]]" | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:31, 4 July 2022
The Mind Parasites are from Colin Wilson's "The Mind Parasites (fiction)".
Description
A great burning fragment had been torn from this sun by a passing comet, and hot gases had condensed into the moon as we know it today, gradually destroying its inhabitants. But since they were not bodies in the earthly sense, they could not die in the ordinary way. They tried to adapt to the cooling matter of their world, becoming a part of the molecular structure of the solid as they had once been a part of the structure of hot gas.
— Colin Wilson. "The Mind Parasites (fiction)"
Vague, incorporeal, invisible, intangible, gaseous entities, once a sentient gas dwelling in the Sun, the Mind Parasites were stranded on a cooling chunk of sun-matter that broke away in the form of a cooling moon, forcing the aliens to adapt the only way they could as the warmth drained away: as parasites on other living creatures, feeding on their victims' intellects of intelligent species, especially humans. Now, the Mind Parasites secretly infest almost every living human being on Earth, quietly drinking away a little of each person's intellectual potential, and driving to madness anyone who notices - in fact, many of Earth's greatest thinkers, artists, and visionaries noticed the parasites, and many of those thinkers, artists, and visionaries were also met with paranoia, anxiety, depression, confusion, madness, suicide, persecution and death.
References
- fiction: Colin Wilson's "The Mind Parasites (fiction)"
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
