Exorcism is a practise that we have all encountered in movies, TV series, and news reports, everywhere but in real life. How can one forget the serious kick-ass Exorcism of Emily Rose, or Constantine? As we know already, exorcism practices involve lashing out the demons from a mortal being. It has existed since the beginning of society itself. And there’s no denying the fact that they’re captivating in their own way.
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Real-Life Exorcisms
Here we’ve pen down some of the facts about Real Life Exorcisms.
10. Most Eminent Exorcist in the world
To be truthful, we would like to name him more efficient than eminent being known for performing the ritual for more than 100,000 times. You might be wondering how one can perform this recklessly in a lifetime, but you must know some points about exorcism beforehand. Firstly, it takes less than an hour to perform an exorcism ritual and it can be performed for any number of people at a time. So, with his youth spending on 20 rituals per day at most, Father Gabriele Amorth has relaxed to 5 per day now. He has given countless interviews and written quite a few books about the topic and is already a celebrity in the field concerned being the founder of International Associate of Exorcists.
9. Constanza Incident
Have you heard about the documentary ‘The Exorcist in 21st Century’? It features incidents of self-proclaimed Satan-possessed grandees pursuing exorcism from Father Antonio. In which, one case gained our attention about a Columbian named Constanza who has been persuaded the father for the past 15 years for continuous possession. We see her going through all kind of treatments and exorcism but nothing ceased to help her case, while she kept growling.
8. The universal spectacle
While we rarely see exorcism stories out of the Western world, but that doesn’t mean the story ends within the boundaries of Catholicism. Every religion and creed performs its own set of protocols for exorcism practice be it in Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism etc. While Islam lays back on the personnel for repairing the spiritual damage that possessed them in the first place, Hinduism tries a more reliant method of relying on mantras for rescue.
7. The famous Roman Exorcism
All of Catholic Exorcism is overseen by the Roman Catholic Exorcism ritual which requires the Father to wear purple vests while performing Exorcism with the use of Crucifix and Holy water. It goes by a certain procedure, first being enchantment all sort of saint prayers and other gospel hymns. The very last of the poem speaks for the demon itself ordering it to leave the mortal being. This is the main part of exorcism and requires precise control. And a lot of holy water, too.
6. The science behind
Christian community believes that the common symptoms of being possessed are phenomenal powers/ physical strength, prophecy, uttering unknown language, limb scowl and certain other omens. Excessive physical strength is quite self-explanatory – the reason being adrenaline at the time of fear/shock. Scowling of limbs are also explained by simple biology as we all know out limbs can stoop and twist in innumerable angles. It’s just the excitement of not seeing it before makes us feel this as supernatural. Knowledge of unknown languages goes back to our unconscious memories. Science has proclaimed every little detail.
5. This is Interesting!
You might be wondering what we’re talking under this murkier title? Let us break the ice for you; we’re dealing here with one of the most famous exorcists in history – Jesus Christ. Yes, you heard us right. The first incident that proclaims the mention of exorcism by Christ is in the Book of Mark. Other mentions are of the story of Caveman which is believed to be possessed by a pack of demons who was later exorcised by Jesus sending back the demons to nearly 250 pigs round the clock who committed mass suicide in the ending.
4. The perfect Business Idea
It is obvious to ponder over what could possibly be the business prospect in the field of exorcism? You would be surprised by the number of con artists that are present in the field for money matters. In 2008, there was a cover story surrounding a priest named Francesco Bazzoffi. He was known to be putting up stage shows in Florence with performing artists that staged as being possessed on which he could perform exorcism. And that would later be a source of donations. He lured around $5 million before he was caught for debauchery.
3. Exorcism – What could possibly go wrong?
Everything. There was incident which caught the attention of media in 2003, where an autistic boy named Terrance died from suffocation during a church amenity. It is said that he was covered in sheets while being surrounded by a number of personnel of church who prayed aloud for the devils to turn out. The same kind of incident happened in Romania where a nun was crucified so that she can be pulled out of satanic possession. She died by suffocation after being left without food and water for almost 4 days.
2. Exorcism Classes
Pope Francis Paul gave a suggestion to keep one exorcist in Catholic schools at the least. Any priest can perform exorcism but only a few are trained for it. Therefore, conferences and seminars in the field of exorcism had been common in the last decade around the United States. These are meant for priests and school personnel so that they can excel in driving out the devil.
1. Exorcism Therapy
Often considered as a fraudulent practice that lays behind the explanations of science, there are also strong afflictions in the scientific community to bring and grow it as a form of psychotherapy. For example, if you are lured by the idea that you have been possessed by a satanic demon and only exorcism can treat you while the reality being just a form a delirious psychological problem. Well, then what you find is what you seek. Exorcism can very well treat you then or ease your situation at the least. So next time, if your doctor prescribes an exorcism therapy, we hope you won’t be surprised.
These are 10 Strange Facts About Real-Life Exorcisms.