When the Abyss Stares Back | Nathaniel Gillis

When the Abyss Stares Back | Nathaniel Gillis

From Through A Glass Darkly by Sean Patrick Hazlett

April 15, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 5 · Episode 467

About this episode

Nathaniel Gillis shares his personal journey into demonology and paranormal research, discussing his experiences and theories on hauntings and alien encounters.

Nathaniel Gillis returns to Through A Glass Darkly for one of his most personal conversations yet. In this episode, he shares the origin story behind his path into demonology and paranormal research: growing up in a strict Pentecostal environment, witnessing unusual religious phenomena, and enduring years of terrifying experiences in what he describes as a haunted house. The discussion explores shadow figures, bilocation, divine intervention, spiritual warfare, and Gillis’s larger theory that hauntings, alien-abduction motifs, and demonic encounters may be different masks worn by a single adaptive intelligence. For early access to videos & a private discord server, to help build the channel, & to support it, sign up ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also provide one-time support to this channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Links 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🐦 Website 🐦 X 🐦 Follow on Instagram Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Books 📖 The Skin That Crawls – A chilling exploration of hauntings, high strangeness, and the hidden intelligence behind paranormal…

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Host: Sean Patrick Hazlett

Guest: Nathaniel Gillis

Topics covered

  • demonology
  • paranormal research
  • hauntings
  • spiritual warfare
  • religious phenomena

Keywords

  • demonology
  • paranormal
  • hauntings
  • spiritual warfare
  • religion
  • shadow figures
  • alien abduction

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