Sara had an experience with the evil one written down in her diary. She says this: One night when I was 13, I got ready to have sex for the first time. The crescent moon peeked through my window, casting dark shadows on my chest. On my nightstand was an erect obelisk that I bought at a gift shop. "Dear Satan," I whispered, "please pick me up."

I grew up in a Christian family and couldn't help but realize that my prayers to Jesus were useless, unanswered. I asked God for various things; when the Lord failed me, they would tell me "God works in mysterious ways" and berate me for using prayers like a credit card. On the contrary, Satan seemed more willing to negotiate and I was always told that he was going to tempt me and would do anything to obtain my immortal soul through the sins of the flesh. At the time, I was struggling with my sexuality and felt like I was going to hell anyway, so I figured I could take advantage of my depravity and have sex while still on the mortal plane.

After my invocation, a few tense minutes of expectation that seemed like centuries passed while my heart pounded. I was hoping that Satan would send me a muscular firefighter demon to fulfill my sexual fantasies, or maybe a blood pentagram would appear from under the covers and Lucifer himself would manifest to sleep with me. But nothing happened. Satan had stood me up.

Back then, I genuinely believed in the Christian God and carried the weight of my dark prayer. It seemed that I was the first and worst person to try to summon demonic forces to have sex. Today I know that I am not alone; people have sought to have sexual encounters with supernatural beings for centuries. In fact, one of the first known mentions of such evil alliances can be found in the scriptures of the Bible. One of the most fascinating descriptions of sex with demons is in Genesis 6:4. The King James Version states: "In those days there were giants on the Earth; and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of man and begot sons, these were mighty men of old men of renown."

In the New International Version, "giants" is translated as "Nephilim", which are generally considered to be the hybrid spawn between angels and humans. It is a controversial passage. Many Bible readers spread illogical arguments to avoid the possibility that Genesis 6:4 describes supernatural sexual scenes, fueling the doubt that the scripture could refer to sex with demons ("sons of God" only refers to beings higher than humans, they insist). But still: clearly there wouldn't be as many people arguing over its interpretation if the passage didn't give off the impression of a demonic sex scene.

Accusations of engaging in sex with demons proliferated during the Christian-led witch hunts that "reached their macabre peak between the 14th and 17th centuries," as historian David M. Friedman notes in his extensive Cultural History of the Penis. Penis). In fact, one of the most common crimes "committed" by those accused of witchcraft was fornicating with the Evil One.

In Pagan Portals: Pan Melusine Draco quotes Dr. Hope Robbins, an authority on witchcraft: "The curiosity of the judges (in the witch trials) was insatiable to gather as much detail as possible about the sexual relations and his task of extreme interrogation was rewarded with an abundance of disgusting fantasies". This resulted in a situation, writes Draco, in which "a mixture of lewd inquisitors and hysterical women about to be burned or hanged generated almost every story, the product of erotic and neurotic fiction."

"In those days there were giants; and also afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of man."

Was the (alleged) sex with the devil even good? The accounts differ. In 1485, an inquisitor wrote that the Devil's penis was "extremely fleshy" and that many witches "went exhausted for several days after the encounter." The rest of the reviews were much less positive. A prominent witch named Temperance Floyd is said to have "made a free confession stating that 'the Devil acquired a cold body who had frequent carnal relations with her'." Another witch, Rebecca West, describes Satan's mouth as "cold as clay." Yet another said that his ejaculation was "unbearably cold." In A Cultural History of the Penis, Friedman describes the account of Anna Pappenheimer, who claimed that Satan's cock is "as cold as a piece of ice."

The aftermath of demonic sex wasn't much fun either. According to The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations story, a woman named Goody Smith confessed to having practiced witchcraft and murdered children. She claimed that her sexual demons fed on her after copulating: "Her her demons hang from her parts and her husband watched these imps suck her."

These confessions of satanic fornication were extracted under torture and were the result of a longstanding, brutal and misogynistic crusade against women who did not abide by patriarchal norms. But not all accounts of supernatural sex in the modern era were as dangerous and influenced. The Book of Oberon, for example, is a 16th century grimoire, a magical writing containing information on spells and incantations. It was written during the period when the witch hunt was active and contains clear instructions on how to enjoy sex with supernatural beings. In The Book of Oberon, there is a spell to summon three spiritual entities to obtain the ring of invisibility. For wizards using this text, the spell does not suggest that the supernatural beings are demons; however, they may have been interpreted as such by theologians of the time.

"The spell involves careful personal preparation, requires a bed, table and room, complete with a circle and a magic wand," explains occult expert and grimoire translator Joseph Peterson. "Three fairies (Micoll, Titam and Burfex) are called and entertained with food and drink, then one of them will agree to stay and fulfill your wishes, including an invisibility ring."

"Devils hang from parts of her and her husband saw these imps suck her."

According to this passage, the magician can choose any one of the three fairies and then the fairy "will hasten to rest on the sacred bed". But first, she "will try to trick you, saying 'I can't grant your requests yet, but if you sleep with me, I think I can satisfy you enough'". After sex, however, "you will no longer be able to order things from him, because you will be unclean." Luckily, if you plan it right and get the ring from her before you sleep with her, then "you can do whatever you want". (The grimoire's author claims the "creature" will be very nice and sexual: "I've tried it many times," the wizard wrote, adding, in a footnote, "my apprentice has, too.")

"The exact nature of natural creatures is rarely clear," Peterson tells Broadly. "Often thought to be fairies or deadly but magical folk creatures, though they can be killed."

In addition to being summoned by wizards, supernatural beings are said to "seek out humans to interbreed with for our immortal souls," according to Peterson. There are many examples of this. "Stories in medieval literature abound, such as the well-known Melusina, who appears on the Starbucks logo."

The specifics of the Melusina myth vary; she typically describes herself as half fairy, half human, and the daughter of a fairy named Pressina, who had sex with a human. Later, Melusina seeks to have relationships with men to free herself from a curse that hangs over her. Other myths throughout history offer similar accounts. One of the best known is about the entity of Lilith, who appears in the first Babylonian Talmud, written between the 3rd and 4th centuries. "It is said that she fertilized herself with the male sperm to create demons," says historian Natalia Klimczak.

"It is said that she impregnated herself with the male sperm to create demons."

"Liliths as a demonic category, along with male liliths, have been around for thousands of years," writes Rebecca Lesses, a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Ithaca. She references another work, where she explains that Lilith's demon bloodline has always been believed to seek sexual partners. "One text describes that the liliths 'appear to human beings, to men in the form of women and to women in the form of men, they lie with all human beings at night and during the day.'"

The beautiful vampire spirit Yuki-Onna of Japanese legend is said to have sex with men, "pleasing them until they die." Another vampiric demon from Greece, Lamia, is said to be "extremely hideous" and enjoys killing children. However, she is able to shapeshift "to become a beautiful woman to seduce men to secluded places, have sex with them, and then draw their blood." Very casual. Even the beloved sorcerer Merlin was struck by an unholy union: his dad was a demon.

When you start to poke around the veils of history and look at the supernatural beings that have literally gotten us, they seem almost innumerable. The fact that one of these human-grabbing spirits is the logo of the world's largest coffee chain speaks volumes about the prevalence cultural of what we know as sex with demons.

The new records of sex with spirits are found in the archives of pop culture. In recent years, many celebrities have spoken out and shared their experiences having sex with supernatural beings, especially ghosts. In 2012, singer Kesha said that she "is very open" to having sex with ghosts, something she admits to having done before. The late Anna Nicole Smith once said that "a ghost crawled up my leg and had sex with me in an apartment in Texas a long time ago." Although she was very scared at first, she ended up being grateful for the "incredible" sex.

Bobby Brown claimed that he lived in a haunted house where, "one memorable night, one of the ghosts came down from the roof and had sex with me." Other celebrities include Dan Akroyd, who once sensed a ghost in his bed; Coco Austin—Ice-T's wife—claims to have been haunted by many perverted ghosts throughout her life; the actress Paz de la Huerta said that the ghost of Elvis flew through her body and caused her to have an orgasm at Graceland; actress Natasha Blasick, who has gladly had sex with ghosts twice; and Lucy Liu, who had sex with a spirit as well. "It was pure bliss. I felt everything. I climaxed. And then it just floated away," She said.

Sara was face to face with her demon. She knew it, she wanted to ignore that Roger was the incarnation of evil...