Exorcism of Emily Rose

[bert tomato]

This is an extract of the actual exorcism of Anneliese Michel whose story inspired the movie Exorcism of Emily Rose. Anneliese was a Catholic girl from Germany who was possessed by six different demons. As a result she received treatment for presumed mental illness which merely made her troubles worse. Priests were then brought in to exorcise her but they were unable to permanently expel the demons. She died in 1976 as she was unable to swallow nourishment. Many people fail to understand what happened, and tend to put the blame on the priests and parents. Such cases are rare, for Anneliese accepted willingly to suffer as a sacrificial victim for the sins of German youth as well as of those clergy who were tending increasingly to scorn supernatural phenomena. She became a living testimony to the existence of demons and this branch of the spiritual world. Her possession wasn't the consequence of a pact with the devil or a punishment for her own sins, but was assumed to make reparation for the sins of others. It is called a possession by Divine permission. We can consider her as a martyr of the Faith. She is not the sole such case, as a Frenchman called Antoine Gay, born in 1790 at Lantenay, had suffered the same kind of possession and priests could do nothing for him. The fact that the present Church has accepted that her case was one of mental illness is not a surprising development, Catholic Church believes less and less in such phenomena at present.

Burntfruit's Personal Experience

During an intense psychotic episode, I experienced being dead, being guided by demons, seeing ghosts, demons and angels. It was terrifying, exciting and disturbing.

[Apotheosis]

It's a great film. These things do happen, but are rare. Personally I think that demons don't exist - it is possession, but it's rather discarnate spirits/souls, who are disturbed, & also manifestations of negative energies - there is some background reading in the link in my Sig.

I also experienced being dead, what could be classed as spirit possession/extreme negative energy, & other assorted phenomena. Those aspects of this 'condition' were long since resolved. What is left is a variety of things, & what could be classed as 'scar tissue'.

Anneliese accepted willingly to suffer as a sacrificial victim for the sins of German youth as well as of those clergy who were tending increasingly to scorn supernatural phenomena.

There is some truth in that - She was an Angel in many respects. Some people take on far more karmic & negative energy; to ultimately clear, than others, for a variety of reasons.

[bert tomato]

There is some truth in that - She was an Angel in many respects. Some people take on far more karmic & negative energy; to ultimately clear, than others, for a variety of reasons.

I have an understanding that meditation (as practiced by Buddhist monks) is to allow them to clear themselves of negative energy which they have absorbed from the lay people.

I watched the film just now.

To paraphrase the Doctor who witnessed the exorcism, he said he was not afraid of Schizophrenia or Epilepsy. Whereas he was afraid of what what was happening to the girl.

I like that, however I have been absolutely terrified during psychosis. I am glad for the Doctor that he is calm.

I do not think the girl in the youtube video was psychotic. It sounds and looks very strange.

[calypso]

I love the phrase, "possession by Divine permission" - you know, I can never believe in a god who is less empathic or caring than me. This version of a god is far from kind, loving and valid. What kind of church or god allows this to happen with their "permission"? This child was probably ill but it all got worse because of a biofeedback from the priests, with all the exorcism stuff, it would reinforce her beliefs.

As for dying because she couldn't eat, well what about naso gastic tubes, and something called PEG, which is a tube directly into the stomach to feed people. It all smacks of people wanting her to die. I really do not believe in demon possession, because you would have to believe in demons, and I don't. I have never heard of an atheist getting demon possession - I wonder why...........