Exorcism has been a popular subject in fiction, especially horror.Tulasi Dalam (1980 Telugu serial)The Dybbuk (1914 play by S. Ansky)The Exorcist (1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, adapted into the ...
An October 2007 mākutu lifting in the Wellington, New Zealand suburb of Wainuiomata led to the death by drowning of a woman and the hospitalization of a teen. After a long trial, five family members ...
For centuries exorcisms have been controversially argued due to the moral beliefs of an individual. Neurosurgical Exorcisms, otherwise known as psychosurgeries, have in the past offered treatments for ...
Demonic possession is not a valid psychiatric or medical diagnosis recognized by either the DSM-V or the ICD-10. Those who profess a belief in demonic possession have sometimes ascribed to possession ...
Josephus reports exorcisms performed by administering poisonous root extracts and others by making sacrifices. The Dead Sea Scrolls mention that exorcisms were done by the Essene branch of Judaism.In ...
Main article: Exorcism in IslamIn Islam, exorcism is called ruqya. It is used to repair the damage caused by sihr or black magic. Exorcisms today are part of a wider body of contemporary Islamic alter ...
Beliefs and practices pertaining to the practice of exorcism are prominently connected with Hindus. Of the four Vedas (holy books of the Hindus), the Atharva Veda is said to contain the secrets relate ...
Main articles: Exorcism in Christianity and Exorcism in the Catholic ChurchIn Catholic Christianity, exorcisms are performed in the name of Jesus Christ. A distinction is made between a formal exorcis ...
Exorcism (from Greek ?ξορκισμ??, exorkismos - binding by oath) is the practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area they are believed to have possessed. De ...
