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An Exorcism is the process by which an evil spirit or possesing entity is driven out of a human host, object or place. From the Greek exorkizein meaning ‘to bind by oath’ (invoking a higher power to make a spirit act in a certain way), rituals of exorcism exist universally in societies where spirits are thought to interfere with earthly affairs and cause misfortune.
Typically exorcisms are performed by trained induviduals, usually officials or magical or occult adepts. Rites vary from simple requests to leave to complex rituals involving trance and techniques including fasting, prayer, sacred herbs and blessed water.
In Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam possessing spirits are blamed for a number of misfortunes and are cast out of people and places, but unlike in Christianity, such conflicts are not considered battles for the persons soul. Typical Hindu exorcism techniques include offering coper coins, candy or other gifts and pressing rock salt between the fingers. In some Shamanic traditions it is thought that possessing spirits can steal souls, and the shaman enters a trance to search for the soul and force the evil spirit out. Jewish rabbinic literature refers to exorcisms. The best known rite concerns that of the dybbuk.
Christianity associates exorcism with demonic possession. The Roman Catholic Church offers a formal rite of exorcism, the Ritual Romanum, dating back to 1614. In order to ‘qualify’ for an exorcism the victim must display certain symptoms including super human strength, levitation and speaking in tongues (glossolalia). Some Protestants also perform exorcism. Pentecostalists practice ‘deliverance ministry’, where healers drive out evil spirits by the laying on of hands.
A more modertate view on exorcism and possession was put forward by American psychologist Carl Wickland, who believed that spirits were not evil but simply confused and trying to finish their worldly business in a living person. This could cause any number of mental problems. Wickland recommended using mild electric shock to help the spirits leave in his controversial book Thirty Years Among The Dead (1924). This view still has a number of supporters, among them psychiatrist Dr Ralph Allison, who wrote in his book, Minds In Many Pieces (1980), that various of his patients exhibited signs of demonic possession and required exorcism as well as conventional treatment.
In Christianity there are no formal exorcism rites for banishing ghosts from places. There are, however, plenty of superstitions and magical rites, and these include entering a house at midnight with a candle, compass, crucifix and Bible and drawing magical circles and crosses. In China ghosts are exorcised from houses by Taoist priests in a complex ritual, involving a mystic scroll placed on an altar, a cup and a sword and mystical signs, repeated to all four corners of the room.

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Voodoo - the magical tradition practised in Haiten and African communities in the Caribbean and Southern United States, which combines Roman Catholic religious traditions with African magical rites. Although Voodoo is specific to Haiti and the Southern US, off-shoots and related cults appear all over the world. It is estimated that Voodoo has around 50 million followers world wide.
Voodoo, also known as Voodun, is a product of the slave trade. The African slaves transported to North an South America were forbidden to practise their religion and their masters baptised them as Catholics. As a result Voodoo because a mixture of Catholicism superimposed upon secret native beliefs and rites and some say this is the reason for the ferocious anger at the heart of the religion. Tribal deities took on the form of Catholic saints. Fetishes were replaced by Catholic statues, candles, and holy relics.
Animal sacrifice, spirit posession, black magic, sexual magic, and shamanic trances are common features of this religion, although some sects do practise white magic. Voodoo priests are said to have supernatural powers, including the power to raise zombies from the dead to do their bidding.
One of the most terrifying and well known Voodoo magic spell is for the Voodoo practitioner to make a small doll or puppet in the shape of the person they wish to curse. The doll is then tortured and abused with the intention of transferring that pain and harm to the person. It’s likely that this voodoo doll is something slaved assimilated from their masters, rather than the other way round, as ‘puppet magic’ has been practised in European cultures for a long time.

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Rakshasa, a Demon spirit that appears in Hindu folk-lore as a black figure with yellow hair wearing a wreath of entrails. The name literally means “destroyer”, and rakshasa are believed to be evil, destructive, and dim-witted creatures.
According to lore rakshasa’s are shape-shifters that can take on the shape of animals and humans, but generally they are hideous in appearance with huge bellies and slits for eyes. Some are believed to be particularly wicked and they are notorious for disturbing sacrifices, desecrating graves, harassing priests, possessing human beings and so on. Their finger nails are poisonous, and they feed on human flesh and spoiled food in a futile attempt to satisfy their insatiable hunger. They can reanimate corpses and can take possession of a human through his or her food, causing illness or madness. It is believed to be easy to banish them however - all a person has to do is to say “uncle”.

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Anonymous asked: can you do a post on voodoo?

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Alcatraz, the most harshest, lonliest and most haunted of America’s federal prisons, is located on a dark and damp rock in San Francisco Bay. The story of Alcatraz does not begin or end with the use of the rock as prison - the island was known to Native Americans as a place that contained evil spirits. Many believe that an evil energy still remains to this day. As parapsychologists suggest, where so much trauma and negative emotion has occured there is bound to be residual energy, and Alcatraz has the feel of an immense haunted house, complete with fog and restless spirits, despite the fact that Alcatraz was closed as a prison in 1963, and today is maintained by the Golden Gate Recreation Area as a tourist attraction.
Alcatraz, originally named La Isla de Los Altraces (The Island of the Pelicans), was first an army fort and prison. In 1934 it was turned into a maximum-security federal penitentiary where convicts where sent solely for punishment, not rehabilitation. Conditions where terrible and escape impossible. Many inmates where driven insane; others preferred to kill themselves rather than endure the brutal conditions.
Since the prisons closing no visual apparations have been seen, but guards and tour guides have reported feelings of sudden intensity pervading the cells and corridors, the sound of mens voices, whistling, clanging metal doors, screams, the running of feet down corridors and anxious feelings of being watched. Some of the more haunted locations on Alcatraz appear to be the warden’s house, the hospital, the laundry room, and the Cell Block C utility door, where three convicts and three guards died in an attempted escape in 1946. The most haunted area, however, is the punishment block - D Block, or solitary as it was called. Some guides refuse to go there alone. The cells reportedly remain intensely cold, even if it a hot day.
To this day visitors continue to report feeling strange on their visit to Alcatraz, although some acknowledge their reaction might be influenced by their knowledge to the misery and suffering that went on there.

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Demonology is the study of demons or malevolent spirits and their powers, attributes and derivations. Demons where thought to be extremely evil and extremely clever, masters in the art of persuasion. Humans had to be constantly on their guard against them. In 1580 philosopher Jean Bodin claimed that:
“It is certain that devils have a profound knowledge of all things. No theologian can interpret the Holy Scriptures better than they can; no lawyer has a more detailed knowledge of testaments, contracts and actions; no physician or philosopher can better understand the composition of the human body, and the virtues of the heavens, the stars, birds and fishes, trees and herbs, metals and stones.”
The hierarchy of demons was much discussed among theological experts in the last centuries. According to Alphonse de Spina (1467) there where ten types of demons:
Fates that can change destiny.
Poltergeists that cause mischief.
Incubi and succubi - demons who stimulate lust and perversion.
Hordes - demons that bring conflict.
Familiars that assist witches.
Nightmares that disturb sleep.
Demons formed from human semen.
Disguised demons.
Demons that trouble the saintly.
Demons that instigate witchcraft.

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Gpysy magic, also known as Romany magic, gypsy magic refers to methods of divination and magic used by the Romany people. Gypsies were once thought of to have been of Egyption descent, but recent archaeological findings suggest they may have originated from North India. Today there are thought to be around three million Romany people, living mainly in Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Greece.
The Romany people have been travellers from as far back as the eleventh or twelth centuries AD. Their religious beliefs are a mix of nature worship, folk magic and Christianity and to treat them unfairly or disrespectfully is thought to bring bad luck - the origin of the gypsy curse. They believe strongly in the afterlife and the spirit world and are renowned for their skills in the divinatory arts of palmistry, tarot, and scrying.

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In Voodoo, gris-gris are small cloth bags containing herbs, oils, stones, bones, hair, nails, tiny pieces of cloth soaked with perspiration and/or other personal items gathered for the protection of the owner. They are kept as talismans to ward off evil.
The origin of the word isn’t known, but some experts trace it to juju, the West African name for fetish or sacred object, or to the French word joujou, doll or play-thing. Many African fetishes were shaped like dolls, and early Europeans travelling to the African West Coast may have mistaken religious objects for dolls or toys.
The gris-gris became commonplace in New Orleans, the American Voodoo capital, where they where used for attracting good luck, stopping gossip, protecting the home, maintaining good health and numerous other things. At one time, almost everyone would carry a gris-gris for protection. A gris-gris is traditionally made at an altar with incense and a candle burning. One, three, five, seven, nine or thirteen ingredients are used. Ingredients are never an even number or more than thirteen. Stones and other objects are chosen for their occult and astrological meanings depending on the purpose for which the gris-gris is to be used.

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The Seven Major Chakras.

Each chakra involves a different part of the body and also different concerns, so you can focus directly on one specific chakra. The seven chakra centres are the following:

The base or root chakra (maladara). The lowest of the seven chakras, the root chakra is located at the base of the spine and is the simplest of the seven. Orange-red in colour, it relates to physical strength as well as the senses of taste and smell. You can summon this chakra when you need courage and physical strength. It is in the base chakra that kundalini energy is stored in a coiled state of readiness.
The sacral or belly chakra (svadishana) is red or pink in colour and is located just below the navel. It controls sexual energy or reproduction. It influences the release of adrenaline in your body and can keep it on a high state of alert. You can summon this chakra not only when you need to invoke fertility but also when you need projects and relationships to be successful. In some psychic systems the sacral chakra is overseen by the spleen chakra, which governs digestion.
The solar plexus chakra (manipura). Located below the breastbones and above the navel, the solar plexus chakra is where mediums get their psychic information. Green or light red in colour, it controls the adrenal glands, and when it is out of balanse it can affect the stomach, liver and pancreas. You can use this chakra when you want to achieve an ambition or when you are planning a career move.
The heart chakra (anahata). Located in the centre of the chest and in the middle of your shoulder blades, the heart chakra is golden in colour and relatres to emotions such as love and compassion. If it becomes blocked it can affect the lungs, the heart and breathing and the immunity in general. You can use this chakra for matters of love and friendship and for understanding others.
The throat chakra (visudda). Located at the top of the throat, the throat chakra is silvery blue in colour and relates to creativity and self-expression. It is prominent in musicians, singers and public speakers. When it becomes blocked, your throat, ears, eyes, nose and mouth may be affected. You can use this chakra when truth and principals are at stake.
The forehead or third eye chakra (ajna). Located between your eyebrows in the centre of your forehead, the third eye chakra is blue and purple in colour and relates to your pituitary gland. It influences intelligence, intuition and psychic ability. hen it becomes blocked it can affect your head, eyes and brain. You can use this chakra for psychic awareness and harmony.
The crown chakra (sahasrara). Located at the top of your head, the crown chakra is a glowing purple colour and will not open until all other chakras are balanced. When it is open you experience the highest connection to the universal mind by your mental, physical and spiritual self. You can use this chakra when striving for wisdom and perfection.

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