4 Strange Cases of Demonic Possession

Believe them or not, cases of demonic possessions have persisted since the dawn of religion. Road Tickle blog has an intriguing post about 4 strange cases of demonic possession.

For example, take a look at this one of Anneliese Michel (1976, actually - not exactly the Middle Ages), which was the basis of the horror movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose:

She soon had her suspicions confirmed when voices told her she was damned. The voices were paired with hallucinations during prayer. Though originally marked up to her epilepsy her behavior became increasingly bizarre; the young began eating coal, spiders, and licking up her own urine. While the 1970s aren’t exactly the bastion of the medical age it’s safe to assume that this stopped being epilepsy after the second spider-urine smoothie.

After journeying on a pilgrimage with another woman, it was determined that Anneliese was possessed when she was unable to pass by an icon of Christ. An exorcist was granted permission to attempt to exorcise the demon believed to posses her. This continued for almost a year in tandem with psychiatric treatments. Eventually Anneliese chose to rely strictly on the the exorcism sessions over any other medical treatments. These sessions proved to do very little, and on July 1st, 1976, Anneliese died in her sleep. An autopsy proved the cause of death to be starvation; during the exorcisms Anneliese refused to eat, choosing to die as a means to atone for the wayward youth.

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Previously on Neatorama: The Stories Behind Four Exorcisms

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I feel sorry for the woman and her loved ones, but if you believe in demons...how about ghosts? or fairies? maybe good luck charms, or voodoo dolls and black magic? How about prayer to imaginary gods?

Maybe this woman was just severely mentally ill possibly due, in part, to a strict religious upbringing/indoctrination.

That's my opinion.

Jill
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I've heard the excuse that religion is good for people who deal with depression, but I can tell you that with my friend who is bi-polar, the belief in alchemy and mysticism does little to offer him motivation on personal development. Statistics have shown that 79% of Native American shamans deal with Schizophrenia (and probably means the other 21% are frauds), and in a way, use that status to cope with the weird shiz going on in their head. But, I'm not surprised about the downsides it can bring as well, and I don't enjoy the idea of confusing some one's already disturbed reality with even more magical woo, and although things aren't perfect with our understanding of the brain, it's better then what any religion can cook up.
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I think it's a bit irresponsible to put this on an entertainment website. People who suffer from such problems should not be exposed to the curiosity of the public. The last sentence of the first paragraph of your quote shows the writer has an unnerving lack of empathy.
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