- published: 09 Oct 2007
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Exorcism (from Greek ἐξορκισμός, exorkismos - binding by oath) is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power. The practice is ancient and part of the belief system of many cultures and religions.
Requested and performed exorcisms occurred rarely until the later half of the 20th century where the public saw a sharp rise due to the media attention exorcisms were getting. There was “a 750% increase in the number of exorcisms performed between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s”.
In Catholic Christianity, exorcisms are performed in the name of Jesus Christ. A distinction is made between a formal exorcism, which can only be conducted by a priest during a Baptism or with the permission of a Bishop, and "prayers of deliverance" which can be said by anyone.
Oh Lord help us
Holy Mary, Holy Mary of God
because he has departed on the road, along the path, on the big road,
where the powerful person met,
the Vampire.
The mother of God appeared on the roads: stopped,
don't drink his blood, don't take his strength, don't tear his heart,
leave it chaste and pure.
Like a pure egg as he like God has created it.
You run away, big evil, you run away, small evil, you run away from the nine
sorceries,
because if you don't want to run away from your wish
you will run away for strength.
I will pierce you with the knife. I will pierce you with the iron. I will
throw you in the fire,
and there you will die,
like dew to the sun, like a worm under your fett.
Go in the desert mountains where the rooster doesn't sing.