Editing Exorcism (section)

==Notable exorcisms and exorcists in history==
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{{See also|Louviers possessions|Aix-en-Provence possessions|Loudun possessions}}
* (1578) [[Martha Brossier]] was a young woman who was made infamous around the year of 1578 for her feigned demonic possession discovered through exorcism proceedings.<ref name="Calmet2021">{{cite book |last1=Calmet |first1=Augustin |author-link=Augustin Calmet |title=Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants: of Hungary, Moravia, et al. |isbn=978-1-952658-03-7 |year=2021 |publisher=Esoterica Press}}
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* (1619) [[Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c.#Demonic possession|Mademoiselle Elizabeth de Ranfaing]], who having become a widow in 1617 was later sought in marriage by a physician (afterwards burned under judicial sentence for being a practicing [[Ceremonial magic|magician]]). After being rejected, he gave her [[potion]]s to make her love him which occasioned strange developments in her health and proceeded to continuously give her some other forms of medicament. The maladies which she had were incurable by the various physicians that attended her and eventually led to a recourse of exorcisms as prescribed by several physicians that examined her case. They began to exorcise her in September, 1619. During the exorcisms, the demon that possessed her purportedly made detailed and fluid responses in varying languages including French, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Italian and was able to know and recite the thoughts and sins of various individuals who examined her. She was further also purported to describe in detail with the use of various languages the rites and secrets of the church to experts in the languages she spoke. There was even a mention of how the demon interrupted an exorcist, who after making a mistake in his recital of an exorcism rite in Latin, corrected his speech and mocked him.<ref name="Calmet2021"/>{{rp|pages=138–143}}
* (1778) [[George Lukins]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Harris |first=Tessa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gxQAgAAQBAJ&q=George+Lukins+exorcism+1778&pg=PA349 |title=The Devil's Breath |date=2013-12-24 |publisher=[[Kensington Books]] |isbn=9780758267009 |page=349 |access-date=2020-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703040516/https://books.google.com/books?id=3gxQAgAAQBAJ&q=George+Lukins+exorcism+1778&pg=PA349 |archive-date=2021-07-03 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* (1842–1844) [[Johann Blumhardt]] performed the exorcism of Gottliebin Dittus over a two-year period in Möttlingen, Germany, from 1842 to 1844. Pastor Blumhardt's parish subsequently experienced growth marked by confession and healing, which he attributed to the successful exorcism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blumhardt's Battle: A Conflict With Satan |url=http://davidkeames.googlepages.com/blumhardt%27sbattle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826042128/http://davidkeames.googlepages.com/blumhardt'sbattle |archive-date=26 August 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009 |publisher=Thomas E. Lowe, LTD}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Zuendel |first=Friedrich |url=http://www.plough.com/ebooks/pdfs/Awakening.pdf |title=The Awakening: One Man's Battle With Darkness |publisher=The Plough |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145407/http://www.plough.com/ebooks/pdfs/Awakening.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* (1906) [[Clara Germana Cele]] was a South African school girl who claimed to be possessed.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHosWhaeWDQC&q=Clara+Germana+Cele+exorcism+1906&pg=PA12|publisher=Infobase Publishing|author=Rosemary Guiley|isbn=9781438131917|year=2009|access-date=2020-10-17|archive-date=2021-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702234544/https://books.google.com/books?id=NHosWhaeWDQC&q=Clara+Germana+Cele+exorcism+1906&pg=PA12|url-status=live}}</ref>
* (1947) Art expert Armando Ginesi claims [[Salvador Dalí]] received an exorcism from Italian [[friar]] Gabriele Maria Berardi while he was in France. Dalí would have created a sculpture of Christ on the cross that he would have given to the friar in thanks.<ref>[http://www.cathnews.com/news/510/72.php Dali's gift to exorcist uncovered] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193554/http://cathnews.com/news/510/72.php |date=11 October 2007}} Catholic News 14 October 2005.</ref>
* (1949) A boy identified as [[Exorcism of Roland Doe|Robbie Mannheim]]<ref name="John Spencer, Anne Spencer">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9x_o_go-nM8C&q=Luther+Miles+Schulze|title = Powers of the mind|quote = The Reverend Luther Miles Schulze, was called in to help and took Mannheim to his home where he could study the phenomenon at close range;|publisher = TV Books|access-date = 31 December 2007|isbn = 978-1-57500-028-2|date = May 1999|archive-date = 4 July 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221046/https://books.google.com/books?id=9x_o_go-nM8C&q=Luther+Miles+Schulze|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&q=Luther+Miles+Schulze&pg=PA129|title = Paranormal Experiences|quote = A thirteen-year-old American boy named, Robert Mannheim, started using an...The Reverend Luther Miles Schulze, who was called to look into the matter,...|publisher = Unicorn Books|access-date = 31 December 2007|isbn = 978-81-7806-166-5|date = 8 June 2009|archive-date = 4 July 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221053/https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&q=Luther+Miles+Schulze&pg=PA129|url-status = live}}</ref> was the subject of an exorcism in 1949, which became the chief inspiration for ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'', a horror novel and movie written by [[William Peter Blatty]], who heard about the case while he was a student in the class of 1950 at [[Georgetown University]]. Robbie was taken into the care of [[Luther Miles Schulze|Rev. Luther Miles Schulze]], the boy's [[Lutheran]] pastor, after [[psychiatrist|psychiatric]] and [[medical doctor]]s were unable to explain the disturbing events associated with the teen; the minister then referred the boy to [[Edward Hughes (exorcist)|Rev. Edward Hughes]], who performed the first exorcism on the teen.<ref name="Emissary">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&q=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&pg=PA69|title = A Faraway Ancient Country|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|access-date = 27 March 2010|isbn = 978-0-615-15801-3|year = 2007|archive-date = 4 July 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221047/https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Faraway_Ancient_Country/q469xc7mbksC?gbpv=1&bsq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&pg=PA69&printsec=frontcover|url-status = live}}</ref> The subsequent exorcism was partially performed in both [[Cottage City, Maryland]], and [[Bel-Nor, Missouri]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/hell-of-a-house/Content?oid=2491650|title=Hell of a House|first=Chad|last=Garrison|access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221048/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/hell-of-a-house/Content?oid=2491650|url-status=live}}</ref> by Father [[William S. Bowdern]], S.J., Father Raymond Bishop S.J. and a then [[Jesuit]] scholastic Fr. [[Walter Halloran]], S.J.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html|title=Part I – The Haunted Boy: the Inspiration for the Exorcist|access-date=2008-01-10|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003052203/http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* (1974) [[Michael Taylor (demoniac)|Michael Taylor]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media|author=Bill Ellis|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLcqlypMCe8C&q=Michael+Taylor+1974+exorcism&pg=PA97|isbn=978-0813126821|access-date=2020-10-17|archive-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221048/https://books.google.com/books?id=oLcqlypMCe8C&q=Michael+Taylor+1974+exorcism&pg=PA97|url-status=live}}</ref>
* (1975) [[Anneliese Michel]] was a Catholic woman from Germany who was said to be possessed by six or more demons and subsequently underwent a secret, ten-month-long voluntary exorcism. Two movies, ''[[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]]'' and ''[[Requiem (2006 film)|Requiem]]'', are loosely based on Anneliese's story. The documentary movie ''Exorcism of Anneliese Michel''<ref>{{YouTube|y0AAll their (jinn) activities take place at night and come to an end with the first cock-crow or the first call to morning prayer.k-3wS7cQ}}</ref> (in Polish, with English subtitles) features the original audio tapes from the exorcism. The two priests and her parents were convicted of negligent manslaughter for failing to call a medical doctor to address her [[eating disorder]] as she died weighing only {{convert|68|lbs}}.<ref name="Press courier">{{cite news|title=Bizarre exorcism draws suspended prison terms|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AcJdAAAAIBAJ&pg=5443%2C5231320|publisher=The Press-Courier|access-date=26 June 2013|date=22 April 1978|archive-date=4 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221049/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AcJdAAAAIBAJ&pg=5443%2C5231320|url-status=live}}</ref> The case has been labelled a misidentification of mental illness, negligence, abuse, and religious hysteria.<ref>Duffey, John M. (2011). ''Lessons Learned: The Anneliese Michel Exorcism''. {{ISBN|978-1-60899-664-3}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Jindal]], former governor of Louisiana, wrote an essay in 1994 about his personal experience of performing an exorcism on an intimate friend named "Susan" while in college.<ref name="Bobby Jindal's Exorcism problem">{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Tim |date=May 17, 2012 |title=FLASHBACK: Bobby Jindal's Exorcism Problem |url=https://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/05/bobby-jindal-exorcised-his-college-girlfriend |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221049/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/bobby-jindal-exorcised-his-college-girlfriend/ |archive-date=2021-07-04 |access-date=2018-07-09 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-02-24|title=Bobby Jindal's Story about Demons and Spiritual Warfare|url=https://www1.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/02/24/bobby-jindals-story-about-demons-and-spiritual-warfare|access-date=2020-09-23|website=CBN News|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001213004/https://www1.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/02/24/bobby-jindals-story-about-demons-and-spiritual-warfare|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mother Teresa]] allegedly underwent an exorcism late in life under the direction of the Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry D'Souza, after he noticed she seemed to be extremely agitated in her sleep and feared she "might be under the attack of the evil one."<ref name=CNNMotherTeresa>{{cite web|last1=Bindra|first1=Satinder|title=Archbishop: Mother Teresa underwent exorcism|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/04/mother.theresa.exorcism/|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=12 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050917210156/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/04/mother.theresa.exorcism/|archive-date=17 September 2005 |date=7 September 2001}}</ref>
* (2005) The [[Tanacu exorcism]] is a case in which a mentally ill Romanian nun was killed during an exorcism by priest Daniel Petre Corogeanu. The case inspired the movies ''[[Beyond the Hills]]'' and ''[[The Crucifixion (film)|The Crucifixion]].''
* The [[Wainuiomata mākutu lifting|October 2007 mākutu lifting]] (ceremonial lifting of a sorcery or witchcraft curse) in the [[Wellington]], New Zealand, suburb of [[Wainuiomata]] led to a death by drowning of a woman and the hospitalization of a teen. Five family members were convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_2497284">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/2497284/Deadly-curse-verdict-five-found-guilty |title=Deadly curse verdict: five found guilty |date=13 June 2009 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-date=4 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204134804/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/2497284/Deadly-curse-verdict-five-found-guilty |url-status=live }}</ref>