Image: Level 3 icon [adapted], by Useddenim, public domain

Image: “A group of Thugs strangling a traveller on a highway in India in the early 19th century,” by Anonymous Indian artist. Made for Capt. James Paton, Assistant to the British Resident at Lucknow, 1829-1840, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thugs_Strangling_Traveller.jpg … public domain … DESCRIPTION: “A groups of Thugs strangling a traveller on a highway in India in the early 19th century. One member of the group is gripping the traveller’s feet, another his hands, while a third member is tightening the ligature around the traveller’s neck.” … COMMENT: From my own experience with psychic assault, I surmise these thugs, led by a ‘thuggee guru’, may have been able to sneak up on their victims by inducing a ‘psychic swoon’ through the use of black magic.