Exorcism

The societal views of mental illness in this country 40 years ago were merely based on superstition. The people who believed that they were possessed by demons, where “treated” with chants, rituals, exorcisms, etc. If they were seen as threatening, they were chained, in dungeons, tortured, or killed. In my opinion, mental illness does carry a negative social stigma. When you think of someone with a mental illness, you picture him or her more so crazy…

Home country and town I was born on a sunny day in a dry season of 1993 in Mulago Hospital in Kampala a city with many hills covered with many trees and swamps in hill slopes. Kampala is in southern part of Uganda bordering the Africa’s largest “Lake Victoria.” Uganda is agricultural land locked country found in East Africa bordered by Kenya in east, South Sudan in north, Democratic Republic of Congo in west, Rwanda in south west and Tanzania in South. It is the country with the largest number…

Muwakil have their own identity, with different names that are secret, and are known to be childlike. Muwakil are obtained through mystic mastery and skill, in which they must be summoned and captured by a Sufi. They are used in healing rituals or exorcisms, just as other jinns, providing the Sufi with power, strength, and mastery of their lifeworld. To summon a Muwakil, a Sufi must use an invocation method, such as visiting a place known to have a muwakil residing and chanting one of the Divine…

The film opens with a war sequence, in which a young Russian sailor is forced by a Nazi officer to shoot the skipper of his barge in exchange for his own life. Then the action moves to 1974, to the remote Orthodox monastery in the same area where the war episode happened. The former young sailor, now Father Anatolii, lives here as a monk. Apparently known as a holy man, he is visited by many people seeking spiritual and medical help. Father Anatolii deals with many different individuals…

be alive and containing a spirit who can only be handled by a dalang (puppeteer). It is believed and understood that the dalang (puppeteer) serves as both as an artist and priest (Rubin & Sedana, 2007, p. 18) and that Wayang Kulit is performed for exorcism and purification, pacifying a dangerous evil spirit and transforming it into a divine spirit through the performance (Rubin & Sedana, 2007, p. 22). The ritual performed through Wayang Kulit is also for spirits of ancestors as it is believed…

My parents baptized me Christian and put me into Christian schools my whole life, but have never truly believed in God and what the Church preaches. I have not been devout in my faith because of so many other things that go on in my life that I think to affect me more and would be a better use of my time. The Church community seems to want to force me into believing in God, and what God wants me to do with my life. Craig grows up with his faith being forced into his daily life and people…

has evolved over the years as more insight has been discovered and the negative stigma has been reduced. Early treatments and interventions for individuals struggling with mental illness often included things such as bleeding, vomiting, purging, exorcisms, and other methods to address physical or supernatural causes. For many years, patients with mental illnesses received inhumane and relatively ineffective, even harmful, treatments and were essentially treated as animals in asylums. Fortunately…

extending as far back as the period before Christ. However, despite the existence of psychological disturbances throughout time, history has shown the lack of proper treatment for those living with disorders. Incorrect treatments such as trephination, exorcisms, and many forms of torture were once seen as the cure all for abnormal behavior (Comer, 2013), but are now viewed as horrid crimes against the psychologically ill. Throughout the reading, I came across a few theories surrounding the cause…

In the article Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner, Americans are described as a very unique and exotic tribe because of their extreme rituals. All rituals being as simple as looking into the mirror, shaving, potty training, women going to a beauty salon, and even going to the dentist. Miner also says that anthropologists also think of this tribe as extraordinary to make our curiosity grow even further. He also adds a magical and tribal tone to the article. The author's purpose in…

I do know with no doubt that the skull of Hamlet will always luster like the stars shine in pitch-black skies. These bones will be remembered for its good will and honor. We are ready to face the cloudiest days that are ahead of you. To bless and exorcism the poison and sins…