Disclaimer: DON’T TRY EXORCISMS AT HOME (you know, just in case…)
When we think of exorcisms, it’s pretty natural for us to think about some poor soul strapped to a bed as they speak in tongues or give off a maniacal threat to those in attendance. We likely imagine a priest throwing holy water at the incapacitated man or woman who’s been ‘possessed’ by some demonic force and we can probably expect to hear that priest rolling off a dozen prayers as he aims a crucifix with all the confidence of a man holding a 12 gauge shotgun. Where does this imagery come from? Well, movies. It’s pretty much the only time many of us have ever seen an exorcism – in the movies. Often enough though, the exorcisms here become a showcase of a demon’s powers – a last ditch attempt by the demon to resist the priest by causing things to fly around the room or to suddenly use the force to splat people into walls. In other cases, it isn’t a person that’s possessed by a demon – it’s a place and that very dwelling is what is exercised as the demon is chased away. In movies like the 1973 Exorcist – which is arguably what set off our modern perspective of exorcisms, a combination of elements are utilised in an effort to banish the malignant spirit, including prayers, holy water and even logic. But in this traditional battle between the forces of good and evil, how accurate is it compared to the real exorcisms that are conducted in the world today? In today’s episode, we’ll aim to explore where the idea of exorcisms was hatched up from in history and how the ceremony has evolved over the years.
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★ Chapters ★
0:00 Intro
02:40 What Is An Exorcism?
03:37 Was Jesus The First Exorcist? (Exorcisms In The Bible)
13:08 Exorcisms In Catholicism
21:45 When Is An Exorcism Required?
23:10 The Legacy of the Exorcism In The Modern Era
26:11 Outro
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
– Exorcisms
– History
– Exorcists
– Witchcraft
– Demons
– Mythology
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Funnily enough, I, a protestant layman, drove out a couple of demons from my room on separate occasions by simply telling them to screw off in Jesus’s name. Funny how God can use anybody to do anything you want isn’t it?
That outro was glorious.
I always found the story of the guys that were traveling around, pretending to cast out demons horrifying. They come across a guy that actually has a demon in him, and when they try their con, he responds "I know Jesus, and I know Paul, who are you?" Then he attacks the men, leaving all of them bloody and naked in the middle of the road
I have always interpreted the film The Exorcist as making the point that true faith in Jesus Christ is not something strictly bound up into organized "religion" and also revealing that organized institutionalized religion such as the Catholic "church" is at best misguided and at worst a fraud. It's historical roots are in Paganism and early in the film the old priest digging in the Pagan ruins of Babylon finds a figure of the demon he has and will face again , he is possibly disturbed and losing faith in the Catholic church as his explorations are leading him to the conclusion that much of the rituals and dogma of the Catholic church have roots in older Pagan religions, ( reference The Twp Babylons by A. Hislop) "Evil against evil " he says and the clock stops. Later in the film the younger priest is also losing his faith for different reasons that hold him back, neither priest can cast out the demon as effortlessly as Jesus did without all the formal (pagan?) rituals. In the end it is only when the younger priest sacrifices himself (as Christ himself did) does he succeed in casting out the demon. It was his faith in Christ not the rituals of the church that succeed.
I always thought exorcism was the reverse of MK’s infamous quote: “Your Soul Is Mine”