Re: Animistic exorcism

From: Graham Robinson <graham_at_...>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:39:21 +0000

>Anybody care to share any ideas on what actually happens during an
>animistic exorcism?

Start with setting the scene - the shaman and any helpers singing, chanting, dancing, drumming, shaking rattles, drinking potions, etc. Markings, probably circles, will be drawn around a possessed person or object, or drawn on a haunted building. As the exorcism proper begins, the shaman will become still, perhaps comatose, perhaps sitting cross-legged and swaying slightly. Those with the sight will see him fly towards the object, and see the spirits he seeks to exorcise called forth. They may wrestle, bite or claw at each other. If successful, the shaman may consume the spirits, draw them into himself, or drive them away - perhaps they appear to dwindle as they move along a direction at right angles to normal reality. Failure will cause the shaman to bl

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Graham Robinson
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