[AlienPubicHair]

Cool. Thanks for posting!

[Jenny]

I cant watch it. I click on the title but there is nothing there! What am I doing wrong?

[granville1]

Thanks for the footage… however:

It’s promoted by Bob Larson Ministries, which has a fundamentalist agenda. These are the type of folks who see “Satan” in the merely hysterical behavior recorded in the video. Heck, they even see “Satanic” influence in nervous habits and usage of “bad” language. Granted, the footage is a Greek rite – not evangelical Protestant – “exorcism”, but the message is the same. Where are the medical and psychiatric records on this so-called possessed person? Spastic seizure by itself doesn’t equate to demonic possession. Moreover, where is the footage of truly paranormal activity, as the old woman mentions, i.e., “levitation” and (get this!) “walking on water”? If Larson Ministries wants to prove actual supernatural or at least preternatural activity, they’ll have to do better than photograph an hysteric attack.

Don’t get me wrong, it was fine to post the footage. But its content is unrevealing at best.

[Father Merrin]

Hi granville1, thanks for the background on this clip. I myself am in no way convinced by it, to be honest I doubt demonic possession even exists.

The reason I posted it was because I was bored one afternoon & remembered there was an audio file of a “real” exorcism posted on Bloodynews & I thought it’d be cool to find some video footage. So I typed “real life exorcism footage” & this site came up.

I totally agree with you that they make these claims of “levitation” and “walking on water” but they didn’t think it was important enough to film, yet they have footage of her doing a little jig:)

O well, I’m sure something decent will show up one of these days. Apparently there’s footage on the net of case in the 1970’s where a Turkish girl was possessed by the devil. Maybe I’ll find something there:)

Jenny, I also had trouble with it. It’s a bit temperament but it should work if you stick with it.

[granville1]

Thanks Fr. Merrin for your comments and for posting the clip. Yeah, the trouble with possession is that there is little convincing evidence of a truly _supernatural_ event. The reading I’ve done always points to mental illness with an occasional touch of paranormal involvement (telekinesis, “reading the minds” of witnesses, etc.) – but not to the presence of a genuinely supernatural entity. The “demons” speak an all-too-human language and display no signatures of supernatural intelligence or knowledge.

Imho, that’s what makes Blatty’s work so cleverly successful: he takes existing possession reports, pushes them to the limit… and then adds-in what the reports themselves are lacking: a demonic personality which gives every impression of supernatural power, intellect, memory, experience, and wisdom. Blatty’s demon is unlike any “demon” that I’ve ever read about in possession case studies. Howdy/Pazuzu as fleshed out by Blatty’s pen is a convincingly superhuman, malevolent possessing spirit. Not so the “real case” demons.

[Father Merrin]

A lot of you have probably seen it all ready, I just thought I’d post it for everyone to see.

Personally I think it’s a bit pants.

http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1298

[Damien Karras, S.J.]

Cool!

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