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Ready for this? One theory is that the "aliens" are not spacemen in spaceships from other distant planets, but rather, disembodied spiritual beings that have traveled across the dimensional fabric from some "other" realm.
So the story goes, they latch on to our bodies and minds and feed off our negative emotions like fear, anger, and certain perversions. While doing this we are acting as their "host" and we provide them their necessary sustenance.
Some even believe that these parasites are widespread and infect most of humanityโthat the emergence of the bicameral mind may in fact have marked the time when Humanity was first beset by these creatures on a larger scale.
The relationship is mostly parasitic, but Humans gain enhanced cognitive and meta-cognitive capabilities through union with the parasite. If one understands the parasite's nature and its desires, one can theoretically gain some control over it by withholding what it desires and only providing it when some desirable condition is first met.