Skip to content

Unexplainable.net

Watching The World Change

  • Brain Eating Amoeba That Kills 99% of Cases Found In Tap Water Mysteries
  • UFOs in Currency UFOs and Aliens
  • John Colter: Vindication of the “Ravings of a Deranged Man” Information and Theories
  • How Old is That Religion? Mormonism & Sikhism Religion Articles
  • What is a Binding Spell? Information and Theories
  • Dinosaur Facts: Apatosaurus (the Brontosaurus) Information and Theories
  • Marilyn Manson Still Spewing Evil”¦Collapses on Stage While Performing ‘Beautiful People.’ Information and Theories
  • I Dough-n’t Believe it! Alien Body Made of Bread UFOs and Aliens

What You Didn’t Know About Exorcism

Posted on February 10, 2008 By jim No Comments on What You Didn’t Know About Exorcism

 

For he said unto him, Come out of

the man, thou unclean spirit.

And he asked him, What is thy name?

And he aswered, saying,

My name is Legion: for we are many.

                 Mark 5:8-9

For sixty days in 1949 a fourteen-year-old boy from Mount Rainier, Maryland, underwent a series of medieval church rituals called exorcisms.  They were performed by a Jesuit priest in St. Louis, to whom the boy had been sent by the Georgetown University Hospital.  The child was apparently, a victim of demonic possession, and the hospital staff had been quite unable to help him.  He became possessed by an “invisible entity” after he and his “Aunt Tillie” began experimenting with a Ouija Board in January 1949.

The priest first submitted himself to a “black fast” of bread and water, and lost more than forty pounds.  Then, twenty-two times, he repeated a ceremony laid down in the ancient Rituale Romanum, the procedure of exorcism frequently interrupted by violent-often terrifying reactions of the patient.  After two months of effort the boy was saved.  Fast forward several years later.  Having no memory of the ordeal he married and became the father of several children, and otherwise led a normal life.  The priest if he is still alive today would be in his nineties.  For all of this time he has preserved his anonymity.

At the time of this occurance the episode rated only a small article in the back pages of a Washington, DC, newspaper.  But a copy of the diary kept by the Jesuit priest fell into the hands of novelist William Peter Blatty.  He wrote a fictionalized version of the affair, turning the boy into a girl, made her the daughter of a famous movie star, threw in other details that occured during other exorcisms, and invented a few eerily obscene touches of his own.  The result was “The Exorcist”, a superseller that retailed more than nine million copies. The movie version, which appeared in theaters in 1973, had people standing in line for blocks and for hours, then fainting and vomiting by the score during the performance.  The film became one of the most lucrative motion pictures of its time, surpassing both “Gone With The Wind” and “The Godfather”.

Few people were then aware that the story was based on actual case history, and even fewer realized that exorcisms were and are here and abroad so common.  The fact is that neither the Catholic Church nor the several Protestant denominations have ever abandoned the practice altogether.  They have merely become more selective in their subjects, and try to get the business done and over with as quickly and as quietly as possible.  It seems the church does not want to make a big deal out of exorcism and they truly seem to feel a need to lay low on the subject, but why?  Wouldn’t it be good for business to let the truth out?

Exorcism History And Curious Facts

The roots of exorcisms extend far past the founding of the church itself. The act of casting out demons was recorded in early Jewish literature as early as 5 BC and tales of demons or evil spirits controlling someone are found in Babylonian folklore.

Demons, in many cases, were believed to gain residence when the person ate them with food ingested without first purifying it with the appropriate sacraments and prayers.  This is by the way the reason that you might pause to say “grace” before sitting down to eat a meal.

You do not choose to be an exorcist.  You are chosen.  When exorcists are chosen by the church, they have to remain secret and they do not go around and talk about it.  It is understood that it would put them in personal danger.  Why?

More than one exorcist has died during an exorcism, and many have even succumbed to possession by the very entity they are attempting to drive out while their defenses are at the lowest ebb.

In August, 2007 over 330 exorcists from 29 countries around the world traveled to Czestochowa Poland to attend a secret, behind-closed-doors meeting.  No one knows why.

Many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) believe in exorcism.  In Latter Day Saint tradition, the act of casting out evil spirits is performed by a worthy male member of the church who holds the Priesthood though a Priesthood blessing, after a confirmation from the Holy Ghost.

Salvador Dali is reputed to have received an exorcism from Italian friar, Gabriele Maria Berardi, while he was in France in 1947. Dali created a sculpture of Christ on the cross which he gave the friar in thanks.

Anneliese Michel was a Catholic woman from Germany who was said to be possessed by six or more demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism in 1975.  The film “Exorcism of Emily Rose” has been said to be loosely based on Anneliese’s story.  After half a year and 67 rites of exorcism later, Anneliese Michel was dead at the age of 23.

Two years after Michel’s death, a German court found her parents and the two priests involved guilty of negligent manslaughter and sentenced them to six months in prison, suspended with three years’ probation. What shocked Germany most was the fact that it could happen in a country that prides itself on being highly rational and profoundly secular.

Information and Theories

Post navigation

Previous Post: The Numerology of House Numbers
Next Post: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles

Related Posts

  • Illuminati and Satanic Symbolism Featured in Flaunt Magazine’s Photo Shoot Information and Theories
  • Palmistry and Hand Shapes Information and Theories
  • A deeper look into crop circles Information and Theories
  • Apollo Moon Mission Debris Litters The Lunar Surface Information and Theories
  • The Knights Templar Information and Theories
  • Halloween Haunted House Tours Information and Theories

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • The Meat Eater couple arrested for child abuse
  • The Meat-Eater boxer kidnapped and raped a young school Girl
  • Carnist man arrested for 198 years for raping and shooting a woman
  • Mitch McConnell- Eating Cow Corpses
  • Animal Flesh Eater Arrested: Felony Charges Serious Injury To 3 Month Old!

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • May 2020
  • June 2018
  • February 2018
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • February 2016
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • January 2005
  • December 2004
  • November 2004
  • October 2004
  • September 2004
  • August 2004
  • July 2004
  • June 2004
  • May 2004
  • April 2004
  • March 2004
  • February 2004
  • January 2004
  • December 2003
  • November 2003
  • October 2003

Categories

  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Benjamin Fulford Story
  • Corrupt Carnivores
  • Cryptology and Monsters
  • Eating Healthy
  • Ghost And Demons
  • Information and Theories
  • Mars Coverage
  • Meditation And Spirituality
  • Mysteries
  • NASA Articles
  • Other Exciting News
  • Personal Accounts
  • Pictures And Multimedia
  • Political Conspiracies
  • Recent Submissions
  • Religion Articles
  • Self Improvement
  • Simply Unexplainable
  • Space and Astrology
  • Technology Articles
  • True Stories
  • UFOs and Aliens
  • Unexplainable Video Library
  • Unexplainable Weather
  • The Cold Hard Facts About Cold Fusion Technology Articles
  • 10 Facts About Bram Stoker Information and Theories
  • Kentucky’s Haunted Institute Ghost And Demons
  • Planning a Trip to the Ancient Silk Road Ancient Civilizations
  • Zodiac Compatibility: Sagittarius Space and Astrology
  • Non Linear Magnetic Effects Weapons Technology Articles
  • Futuristic Technology: Expensive Wonders of Transport Technology Articles
  • Notable UFO Sightings Throughout History 1 UFOs and Aliens

Copyright © 2023 Unexplainable.net.

Powered by PressBook News Dark theme