DWQA Questions › Tag: formal religionsFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesAnthropologist Felicitas Goodman wrote The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel and the book How About Demons? Possession and Exorcism in the Modern World. Dr. Goodman was convinced that Anneliese was a victim of demonic possession, most likely brought about by a curse rumored to be placed on Anneliese prior to birth solicited and paid for by a woman jealous of Anneliese’s mother. Goodman said that in her experience, nearly all these kinds of possessions were the result of a powerful curse placed by powerful practitioners of the dark arts. Anneliese was a gentle, kind, intelligent, thoughtful individual who seemed like the last person on Earth to “deserve” what happened to her. So much so, in fact, that she and her family came to believe that her plight and suffering were somehow sacrificial and for the benefit of others. Because otherwise, it didn’t make sense to them. Dr. Goodman noted that in Haiti, it is believed that an exorcism will succeed only if the exorcist is more powerful than the one placing the curse. Was this the case with Anneliese as well? Did the exorcisms fail, and Anneliese died because the priests were not as “powerful” as the one who placed the curse? What can Creator tell us?ClosedNicola asked 11 hours ago • Spirit Possession5 views0 answers0 votesThe 67 Catholic Exorcisms said by the two priests involved for Anneliese brought at best temporary relief, but in the end were considered a failure due to her unanticipated and tragic death at just 23 years old. Goodman wrote: “Exorcism is basically designed to help the afflicted person to gain ritual control over the molesting entities … Unruly spirits (also) need to and indeed can be trained. Without ritual intervention, the undoing of such a pattern is extremely difficult, especially so if the alter is evil or, in religious terms, if the possessing entity has demonic powers. … It is the only strategy used cross-culturally against demonic possession, and in all instances where it is allowed to work without interference, it is eminently successful. … The worst situation in the West is the one involving demonic possession. Those afflicted by it need help. Exorcism works, other strategies do not, yet their diagnosis and treatment are determined not by what works but by the prevailing attitudes, the paradigm concerning the nature of reality. The position is so ingrained that arguments that religious experience is accompanied by measurable and recordable physiological changes are totally ignored. Finally, it should be noted that Mary, the mother of Jesus, reportedly told Anneliese in a vision she had months in advance that her ordeal would be over on the day she actually died.” What is the divine perspective on this outcome, and were the exorcisms “successful” according to the divine? What can Creator tell us?ClosedNicola asked 11 hours ago • Spirit Possession5 views0 answers0 votesSpirit obsession and possession are bigger problems than most people realize. It’s a problem that spans both life and death, and affects the living and the dead in profound and nearly equal measure. Can Creator share with us how Empowered Prayer, the Lightworker Healing Protocol, Deep Subconscious Mind Reset, and Divine Life Support are the best and most effective means to resolve this vexing problem from BOTH sides of the physical and post-physical divide?ClosedNicola asked 11 hours ago • Spirit Possession4 views0 answers0 votes
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