Forget the new "Exorcist" film, the Vatican is offering the real thing. A Vatican university said on Thursday it will hold a special "theoretical and practical" course for Roman Catholic priests on Satanism and exorcism in response to what the Church says is a worrying interest in the occult, particularly among the young. This year, Italy was gripped by the story of two teenage members of a heavy metal rock band called the "Beasts of Satan" who were killed by other band members in a human sacrifice. The deaths horrified Catholic Italy, with pages of newspapers given over to descriptions of the black candlesand goats' skulls decorating one victim's bedroom and witness statements of sexual violence.
The Regina Apostolorum, one of Rome's most prestigious pontifical universities, said in a statement that such episodes should be seen as an "alarm bell to take seriously a problem which is still far too underestimated." "In the last few years there has been a lot of interest in Satanism and it develops because of the media. It's not that the devil is in the media, rock and roll or the Internet but the media can be damaging when it is used the wrong way," Carlo Climati, one of the professors of the course, told Reuters. "For young people, interest in Satanism can start with a CD, move onto the Internet. From there, itsometimes develops into home-grown, seemingly harmless things like going to cemeteries but sometimes can lead to murders, as we have seen." The two-month course, which begins in February and will be limited to priests and advanced students of theology, will include themes such as Satanism, diabolic possession and "prayers of liberation." Satanism, the statement said, aimed to sow confusion among the young and promote a world without moral rules.
An american woman who levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College. The unnamed woman, with a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom also had medical and psychiatrictraining, levitating six in...Ancient mystery returns as 'Satan's hoofprints' are spotted
A 150-year-old mystery has reared its head after a woman woke to find 'Satan's hoofprints' dotted across freshly fallen snow in her back garden. The single track of cloven-like prints - which appear to have been made by a two-legged creature - precisely resemble footprints recorded in the area in 1855.The phenomenon, which has never been explained, became known as the 'Devil's foot prints' in a local legend. Grandmother Jill, 76, of Woolsery, Devon, said: 'I...What are Ouija Boards?
A
ouija board is a medium through which messages are supposedly communicated by
the dead to or through the players of seance. Ouija boards are also known as
"witch boards" and "talking boards." The nickname "ouiji" or "weejie" is also
used quite a bit. The word "ouija" is actually a combination of two words, the
french word "oui" and the German word "ja." Both words mean "yes" in
english.
Many Spirit...Spirit Walk-ins
To understand what a "walk-in" is one first
needs to understand that our physical body is not *us*. It is the container for
*us*. Similar to someone driving a car. When we see the driver we understand
that they exist irrespective of whether they have a car, or not. So too with our
bodies. We exist irrespective of whether we have a physical body or not. In
other words we existed as a spirit (soul) before the body we now occupy was
born. When our physical body dies we will continue t...Woman claims demon drove her from home
A woman in Texas was driven to leave the home she was renting due to a series of paranormal sightings of a little girl that in one session with a local investigator was claimed to be demonic in nature.
"One woman says her familylived in fear. She claims they heard voices and saw shadows intheir home. . The family was so scared they called a ghost hunter to find out what was going on. "My little girl would see a little girl wi...A demon calls
Anthony North: Occasionally, paranormal literature throws up a case so incredible that we either dismiss it as fantasy, or edge towards the idea that demons and possessions are a reality. The facts are just so fantastic, rational inquiry is often forgotten.But are we right to either dismiss or accept? Or is it possible that rational explanations can be placed upon the subject within an overall cultural explanation of phenomena? I opt for this middle ground. Anna Ecklund: Consider the case of Ann...Witch doctors called in to school haunt
A school in Madhya Pradesh has called witch doctors to overcome ghosts that allegedly haunt girl students but mysteriously spare the boys. Officials at the Government Higher Secondary School in Duma village in Seoni district are also performing weird rituals throughout the day in a desperate bid to restore sanity.Naturally, studies have taken a backseat at the school.Villagers believe ghosts come to possess the girls once they reach the school, which has been built on an old cremation ground.Sur...Lilith
From The Hebrew
Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York: Doubleday, 1964)
Presented here is a chapter discussing Lilith, taken from Hebrew Myths:
The Book of Genesis by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York:
Doubleday, 1964), pp 65-69. Graves and Patai have collected traditional
Hebrew myths that amplify (and sometimes radically alter) stories found in the
Book of Genesis. This chapter, titled "Adam's Helpmeets...The Succubus in Mythology and History
The Biblical
Succubus (Lilith): When the
Almighty created the first, solitary man, He said: It is not good for man to be
alone. And He fashioned for man a woman from the earth, like him (Adam), and
called her Lilith. Soon, they began to quarrel with each other. She said to him:
I will not lie underneath, and he said: I will not lie underneath but above, for
you are meant to lie underneath and I to lie above. She said to him: We are both
equal, because we are both created from the...
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Forget the new "Exorcist" film, the Vatican is offering the real thing. A Vatican university said on Thursday it will hold a special "theoretical and practical" course for Roman Catholic priests on Satanism and exorcism in response to what the Church says is a worrying interest in the occult, particularly among the young. This year, Italy was gripped by the story of two teenage members of a heavy metal rock band called the "Beasts of Satan" who were killed by other band members in a human sacrifice. The deaths horrified Catholic Italy, with pages of newspapers given over to descriptions of the black candlesand goats' skulls decorating one victim's bedroom and witness statements of sexual violence. 
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The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
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What are Ouija Boards?
Spirit Walk-ins
Woman claims demon drove her from home
A demon calls
Lilith
The Succubus in Mythology and History
