It’s time to put this baby to bed. Let’s talk about “exorcisms” and “demonic possession.” These are not comfortable topics for anyone, let alone anyone who has seen the movie The Exorcist. But, relax. This won’t be that bad, I promise.
Is demonic possession possible? We at this website would guess “yes, probably so.” Yes, demonic possession is a serious problem. But in addition to demonic possession there are also “spirit possessions.” Also a problem. But, these things seem to be pretty darned rare. Rare unless you’re of a Christian type or Abrahamic type that really believes in it, in which case… there is a theory for that, that I would like to introduce.
There is the law of attraction, and there is also a principle of polarity. Law of attraction is: “like attracts like.” The principle of polarity (from the 7 Hermetic principles in the Kybalion) is: “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.” Note it states like and unlike are the same. It has once been said that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.
You might have noticed in this day and age that there is a popular interest in “eradicating hate.” Um… rookies.
As far as Abrahamic exorcisms, I am mostly aware of Protestant Christian types and Catholic types. There are Moslem exorcisms, and the Middle East does seem to have trouble with Jinn spirits that need to be exorcised once in a while. Without taking a particularly deep dive into the Arab world, generally at this time I don’t have much knowledge about their demonic spirit problems, so I can’t speak about it here. Thought it is worthy of note that Abrahamic religions come from the Arab world.
You can find some weird-ass video footage of possessions and exorcisms on YouTube. And you can find many podcasts about possessions and exorcisms. And you can find exorcists talking about possessions and exorcisms and “what they have seen.” Whether or not you believe possessions and exorcisms are legitimate, Protestant Christian exorcists at least get these on video and you can see them on YouTube and elsewhere. Catholics are more “hush hush” about broadcasting footage of possessions and exorcisms, but you can find Catholic exorcists willing to talk about it.
Here’s the problems with Catholic exorcists. In a nutshell, they lie and exaggerate. They lie and exaggerate about paranormal events that happen during possessions and exorcisms. Let’s just talk about levitation. There’s a handful of things that they will say happens, but possessed people actually levitating is easily the most wild.
We at this website are not levitation-deniers. Yes, we think it’s possible that A) people can become possessed, and B) people can levitate during possessions. But now, it’s 2023. (Pardon my “it’s the current year” argument.) We have UFO databases. We have Bigfoot databases. We have video footage of UFOs and Bigfoot. And whether the video footage is real or fake, we at least have the footage out there online for people to assess and make their own decisions. We are also aware that the paranormal has a history of messing with technical equipment – video and audio recorders, etc. However, paranormal investigators that bring that equipment are at least making an effort, and, they indeed make a note in their corresponding reports if an encounter caused a problem with the technical equipment. It’s worth mentioning that technical equipment doesn’t always fail, and it doesn’t always fail to a 100% failure mark. There really is a TV show called Paranormal Caught on Camera.
There is a Catholic forum on Reddit dot com and the question was raised on there as to why Catholic exorcists are not keeping a database of possessions and not trying to document, study, and video-record the paranormal aspects of possessions and exorcisms. Specifically: levitations. The response was largely religiously fueled excuses as to why such study and documentation is “unnecessary.” It seems a little too convenient for a group of Catholic exorcists to say they’ve seen probably hundreds or maybe thousands possessed people levitate, but offer no documentation of it. Meanwhile, we have ufologists and cryptozoologists not only documenting events but occasionally providing audio and video footage of it.
It seems the clear motivation for exorcists to lie, exaggerate, and completely neglect documentation and study is to ultimately keep people afraid enough of demons so that they keep going to church and giving the church money. Hello? Not cool.
As a gentle reminder, we at this website are still waiting for actual proof of the Jesusian paranormal events from the 1st century C.E. Perhaps some readers might think it’s weird that we at this website don’t believe in the narrative of the Jewish dying and rising savior-God “Jesus Christ,” but acknowledge paranormal things like “demons” are a legitimate thing. I will say it again: there really is a science to all of this. The science is about documentation, proof, evidence, and corroboration. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that there are swaths of Christians – like Catholics for example – that are willing to lie and exaggerate. They don’t understand that there isn’t proof for A) the historical existence of Jesus, or B) the supernormal things Jesus allegedly performed. No documentation, proof, evidence, or corroboration for that. And likewise, they feel they don’t need documentation, proof, evidence, or corroboration of the paranormal. While annoying, they are indeed self-congruent. And while congruence is a virtue, this particular kind of congruence is based in retardation and serves to annoy normal, well-adjusted people. You either understand that documentation, proof, evidence, and corroboration are important, or you’re a nutcase in the making.
Thus therefore, the Catholic establishment is a nuisance to the current world. Send them a copy of this article if you want. Maybe they’ll understand it and change the way they do exorcisms. Until then, take everything the Catholic church says about anything paranormal with massive shakers of salt. They have plenty of motivation to lie and exaggerate and therefore a propensity to lie and exaggerate.