exorcisms
Rituals ousting spirits
Exorcisms are rituals intended to expel evil spirits or demons from a person, place, or object.
The practice appears across many religious traditions, most famously in Catholic rite.
The word now extends to any forceful removal of unwanted influences: The new CEO performed an exorcism of the company's toxic culture.
Singular: exorcism.
Malevolent supernatural beings
- possessionState of owning
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
- incantationsRitual words for magic
crucifix · prayers · casting out · spirits · clergy · rites · chanting · sacred
Papal church adherent
- VaticanPapal city-state
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- authorizationFormal permission granted
canon law · confession · sacrament · absolution · faith · devil · Satan · evil
Islamic supernatural spirit
- dybbukPossessing spirit, Hebrew lore
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
séance · medium · witch doctor · voodoo · tantric · spirit possession · trance · ancestral spirits
Irish feminine name
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- projectile vomitingForceful ejection of stomach contents
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
horror · jump scares · supernatural thriller · haunting · special effects · makeup · Linda Blair · franchise
Mental separation from surroundings
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
misdiagnosis · placebo · belief · psychosomatic · delusion · schizophrenia · therapy · intervention
demons
Malevolent supernatural beings
- possessionState of owning
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
incantations · crucifix · prayers · casting out · spirits · clergy · rites · chanting · sacred · blessing
Catholic
Papal church adherent
authorization · canon law · confession · sacrament · absolution · faith · devil · Satan · evil · sin
jinn
Islamic supernatural spirit
- dybbukPossessing spirit, Hebrew lore
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
ayahuasca · séance · medium · witch doctor · voodoo · tantric · spirit possession · trance · ancestral spirits · cleansing ceremony
Regan
Irish feminine name
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- projectile vomitingForceful ejection of stomach contents
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
paranormal · horror · jump scares · supernatural thriller · haunting · special effects · makeup · Linda Blair · franchise · sequels
dissociation
Mental separation from surroundings
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
mental illness · misdiagnosis · placebo · belief · psychosomatic · delusion · schizophrenia · therapy · intervention · skepticism
- biblical miracleswalking on water, water into wine, raising Lazarus, calming the storm, loaves and fishes
- Jesus' MinistryJesus, disciples, apostles, Peter, John
- sacred legendsmiracle stories, hagiography, medieval legend, miraculous healings, miraculous cures
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- ghostsapparitions, ghosts, apparition, phantoms, specter
- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
exorcismssummonings
Acts of calling forth
demon summoning · invocations · conjurations · conjuring · evocations
exorcismscurses
Sworn oaths or hexes
hexes · defilements · desecrations · corruptions · profanations
- The ExorcistSeminal possession horror film