Exorcism And Harijan Possession During Modern Society

Haitians who have left their homeland will continue to practice their religious rituals and beliefs once they have settled elsewhere. This is true of Haitian-Americans living in Little Haiti. Among those who practice Voodoo, there is an attempt to cure mental health illnesses by rituals such as having a priest or priestess bathe the patient in special oils and lotions and clearing the environment of bad spirits with candles, incense and special rituals. It should be noted that rituals intended to please or appease supernatural forces that are seen as creating problems is not very consistent with Western thought and culture, but should be respected as a culturally appropriate source of comfort (Voodoo, 2013). Also, many Haitians may be reluctant to discuss mental health and addictions problems with helpers or therapists. “It is very important to be careful when pathologizing” (N. Rudes, personal communication, July 29,

This article is about witchcraft and its different varieties of practices in different cultures. This article explains how witchcraft exists and plays an essential part in structural and functional aspects of a society. It also sheds the light on the journey of witchcraft from being profane and wicked to acceptable part of a culture.

Witchcraft is a spiritual practice that makes the practitioner to receive power from the spirit realm for ‘good’ and evil purposes. God is the source of power, and He gives all His creatures a form of power to survive the existence of life.

the spirits of the dead and facilitate their resurrection” (Phillips 2005, 16). Indians began to practice their

This process is said to be reciprocal, and follower must look after Lwa by performing these rituals, which can sometimes come in in the form of animal sacrifice. In the other hand some Voodooist ritual allow followers to thank the spirit for their protection, blessings or good fortune. To maintain a good relationship with the Lwa, or stay in good terms followers must all conduct themselves properly according to the customs of the community and the religion. In this way one can see how Voodoo can influence a persons day by day decision, activities, and decision making. Part of voodoo belief is that the Lwa communicate with followers through possession. The Lwa takes place of the host, and temporarily displaces its soul. According to this belief the medium cannot feel pain or become injured while he is in trans. The lwa speaks through the host giving intructions, advices or prophecies of future events. In some cases the Lwa can rebuke the host for failing to perform their duties. This idea of being possessed unites two different types Voodoo practitioners. One of them primarly existing in northern, and central portion of West African coast. This type of voodoo is the oldest known Voodoo and goes back to 6000 years ago from to Fon and Kongo. The other is practiced primarly in Haiti as well as in parts of north and sourth America.

The author further explains this narrative by exploring the spirituality and religious practice in the Caribbean culture (Patel, 4). “[The] folklore is rich with belief in Obeah, Voodou, or Santeria [and have entrenched their] basis in African cultures” (Patel, 4). This concludes that anyone exhibiting symptoms of mental health disorders is cursed, or possessed, or were given the evil eye, hence they need an exorcist to be treated (Patel, 4). This is however more prevalent for women than men, and the usual treatment suggested by the town elders is to pray (Patel, 4). In the case of Stacy-Ann, her therapist was Dr. Natasha Browne who is a Toronto based psychologists and accepts the stigma around mental health in the community as

As human beings, one is often filled with apprehension and unease when introduced to something that is hard to understand, “Curanderismo is a diverse folk healing system of Latin America. It began with the Aztecan, Mayan, and Incan tribes and their religious beliefs of harmony with nature, spirit, and self. The Mexican Indians had many gods; they believed that their gods punished sins with illness” (Padilla). This practice is centuries old and a synthesis of the beliefs and culture of the Mexican Indians at that time and was used as a pardon to their gods until the church was implemented and changed that idea entirely. Curanderismo since the beginning has broken the number one commandment, “I am the Lord your God and you shall not have strange

There have been growing cases of traumatic effects and responses in the United States. While most agree that this increasing incident deserves concrete attention, consensus dissolves around how to handle the difficulties of handling traumatic effects and responses. This research paper will discuss the traumatic effects and responses with its related difficulties and treatment options with the inclusion of biblical concepts and principles. From a medical perspective, trauma has affected the lives of millions of people from across the world whereby they suffer silently without the hope of getting effective treatment. However, spirituality and religion has changed the medical landscape in regards to trauma because traumatic patients can finally experience a fulfilling life without any fear of traumatic reminders crippling the quality of their lives. To explore the outcome of spirituality and religion, this research paper will explain in detail the benefits of patients engaging in religious teachings and spiritual rituals in boosting their inner being.

Voodoo which means “spirit” in Fon, was born in the West African country of Benin and is practiced by more than 4 million believers. The origins are not well known but it is thought to have evolved from ancestor worship and animism. ‘While practitioners believe in only one true God they communicate with him through thousands of different spirits and shrines.” It is practiced in many different countries and although they all have for the most part the same beliefs some of their practices are different. Spirit possession occurs in the “Birth of Voodoo” when the daughter of a Voodoo priest is chosen to be a spirit medium. She is claimed by the Earth spirit, Sakpata, and is thought to be dead; she lies for three days without

During the entirety of their research, the team of doctors, studied one-hundred and seventy-three children whom possessed

Demonic Possession Demons are known through scary movies and scary stories told by people just to cause a scare. But what if they’re real? Demons have been documented well through history, possessing ordinary humans and wrecking havoc. People can laugh it off and say that possession isn’t real, but have they ever seen one? In Africa, this kind of thing happens on the daily and it’s a lot more terrifying than what is shown on t.v. or in the movies.

When Christ our Lord ascended into Heaven forty days after His resurrection, ten days later He sent Holy Spirit to be with each and everyone who becomes a Born Again Christian. Christ Our Lord is seated at the right hand of Our Father in Heaven, and when a person becomes a Born Again Christian, Holy Spirit moves into the inner being of the one who became a Born Again Christian. Our Father does use angels as one of His ways of ministering to each one of us, but the Angels function only in a helpful way. They will always be friendly to us. Demons not only represent the person of Satan throughout Planet Earth, but when they possess people they try to dominate the lives of those people.

There are horror movies and they say if there are any real parts at the beginning before the movies start and where it happened. In the movie the part that is real in the demon and the people that do the exorcisms in the movie. Another good thing about the people that they know what they are doing and they can get the demon to go away.I think that there is a lot of people that probably don’t even know what exorcisms are because i didn’t really know what and exorcisms are before I started this project and i think that people don’t really know because they have never tried to research about them. I think that we could teach them by having them go to someone that does exorcisms for a living because they can tell someone a lot about them and what they have to do. There is this girl that had to get an exorcism done on her because the first 6 were not successful at all and she had to live with that for 8 years and every exorcisms are different in some kind of way.For starters, you have to find a priest that knows how to do exorcisms.The first step is “Priest is dressed in The cassock, surplice and purple stole”. Second step “Trace sign of a cross over self, the person possessed, and all

When the term exorcism is mentioned, many people think of the devil-possessed head spinning, lead character in the 1973 movie The Exorcist. What is the actual definition of exorcism that Hollywood does not share with us? Exorcism as defined by the Catholic Encyclopedia is (1) the act of driving out, or warding off, demons, or evil spirits, from persons, places, or things, which are believed to be possessed or infested by them, or are liable to become victims or instruments of their malice; (2) the means employed for this purpose, especially the solemn and authoritative adjuration of the demon, in the name of God, or any of the higher power in which he is subject (Toner). However, man people are far less versed in the Roman Catholic form

This article focuses on Voodooism, which is a “religion” practiced in Haiti since the beginning of its creation. In this article, the author claims that despite the misconceptions that many have about the practice of voodoo, Haitians don’t consider it as their religion, but more something that they serve and use to meet their religious needs. While most of them consider themselves Catholics, Haitians serve the lwa, which are African spirits that are honored for their powerfulness. Practiced since the beginning of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, Voodoo helped Haitian descendants survived slavery,