indicolite22
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I'm not sure about light and dark spirits. The term zombie was applied later. According to the article below, while Chad's beliefs were influenced by others, the irreversibility of demon possession was unique in his doctrine.Did he write about zombies or light/dark in his books?
Excerpts from Chad Daybell’s strange end-times beliefs are not Mormon theology, says historian:
Chad seems to have pulled from ideas that were circulating among other visionaries, including some who, like Rowe, had become controversial over the years.
Stroud’s teachings emphasized demonic possession, as well as the ideas of portals that Chad was apparently into.
This emphasis on demonology — that evil spirits may attach themselves to us — seems to have been particularly important to Chad and Lori Daybell. Before Stroud and Rowe, these ideas seem to have been first popularized by another sort of alternative LDS teacher, Douglas Mendenhall.