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theweaselkingThe Vatican university is launching a new course for exorcists - Roman Catholic priests who cast out evil spirits from the possessed.
Lessons at the prestigious Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum will include the history of Satanism and its context in the Bible.
Practical lessons in psychology and the law will also feature.
"Because each case of possession is different, each person possessed is different. Those studying to become exorcists should also study psychology and know how to distinguish between a mental illness and a possession.
"And - finally - they need to be very patient."
Lessons at the prestigious Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum will include the history of Satanism and its context in the Bible.
Practical lessons in psychology and the law will also feature.
"Because each case of possession is different, each person possessed is different. Those studying to become exorcists should also study psychology and know how to distinguish between a mental illness and a possession.
"And - finally - they need to be very patient."
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Date: 2005-02-17 06:10 pm (UTC)(Possession is an interesting phenomenon. There seems to be something going on psychologically with people who appear to be possessed, but people's interpretations of it vary widely, from the scientific to the irrational.)
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Date: 2005-02-17 06:22 pm (UTC)