“I am possessed. Please help me.” “My sister needs an exorcism.” “I think my house has a demon.” That’s what’s in my email most days. Unfortunately, replying to those emails takes time away from my real research: Documenting and predicting phenomena that could explain ghosts, hauntings, and other possibly related anomalies. (My work does not…
Month: March 2010
Exorcisms and Demons
Exorcisms date to earliest times. The belief in demons and demonic influence is documented in many pagan cultures, beliefs and practices. However, not all demonic possessions were attributed to evil spirits. For example, in classical Greek, daimonan merely means to be mad or insane. The treatment for that kind of demonic problem is less than…