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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

William Friedkin at Venice Film Festival on Shooting a Real Exorcism: "It Was Terrifying"

I believe it was Trotsky who said, "You may not be interested in the Revolution, but the Revolution is interested in you."

Same goes for the Devil. 

I'd recommend the whole article, but also I'd point out this bit:

You have subsequently consulted with scientists in the U.S. about what you witnessed and filmed. What did they say?I consulted with neurologists, brain surgeons, some of the best in the United States. The brain surgeons had no idea what her affliction was and none of them would recommend an operation. They believe that everything originates in the brain but — and they say this in the film — they have never seen anything quite like these symptoms….Then the psychiatrists…all described how psychiatry now recognizes demonic possession. It’s called dissociative identity disorder/demonic possession. And if a patient comes in and says they are possessed by a demon or a devil, they don’t tell them that they are not….They do whatever psychiatric treatment they think is necessary, including medication. And they bring an exorcist in.
An P again: That's quite amazing, actually. One would think they'd dismiss it out of hand. No doubt some do. But that dissociative identity disorder/demonic possession is "recognized" is astounding in itself. But then I remembered this article from last year, by Dr Richard Gallagher. 

Of the many negative comments, this was one of the politer ones: 
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7/14/2016 10:23 PM GMT+0200
Perhaps Dr. Gallagher should consider this a good time to surrender his license.


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