They say the person becomes the animal. In my country you would hear about that in fairytales and scary tales. Never thought before that those fairytales might be based on reality. People would talk about witches becoming a black cat, etc. So, we have a superstition to spit and make the sign of the cross when you see a black cat, stuff like that.
It's not another entity possessing an animal. That kind is mentioned in the Bible too, and it seems quite common.
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Nov 23 at 01:24 AM
JCisTheWayTheTruthTheLight when Elisha accompanied his servant Gehazi "in the spirit" without Gehazi knowing it and saw what Gehazi was doing, was that evil mysticism, whitcraft, dark magic? When Elijah traveled "taken by the Spirit" all over the place instantaneously, was that evil? By what power did he call fire from heaven (although it was probably not the right thing to do, according to Jesus)? When Paul "in the spirit", while his body was somewhere else took part in a meeting with a church that had an issue with a person sinning grievously what "evil, magical" powers did he use? Just because you or many others got access to spiritual powers via a forbidden and evil path, does not mean that those gifts and powers are evil in themselves.
There is a right path and an evil path. It is true that most people take the easy/evil path. It was offered by Satan to Jesus as well... In the end Jesus will still be the king of the whole earth, but via the right path, not the one without the cross, offered by Satan.