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  2. Ōharae no Kotoba - Wikipedia

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    Ōharae no Kotoba (Japanese: 大祓のことば) is a norito (Shinto prayers or congratulatory words) used in some Shinto rituals. [1] It is also called Nakatomi Saimon, Nakatomi Exorcism Words, or Nakatomi Exorcism for short, because it was originally used in the Ōharae-shiki ceremony and the Nakatomi clan were solely responsible for reading it.

  3. Spirit possession and exorcism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    During the exorcism the exorcist seeks refuge in God and recites Quranic verses. The process further constitutes questioning the patient about their emotional state and dreams. Next, the excorsist negotiates with the possessing creature. [37] [38] Such negotiation may include to command the spirit to curse Satan.

  4. Exorcism - Wikipedia

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    Exorcism (from Ancient Greek ἐξορκισμός (exorkismós) 'binding by oath') is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. [1]

  5. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    By acts of obedience (to God), they get weaker. Although a human might find pleasure in obeying the demons first, according to Islamic thought, the human soul can only be free if the demons are bound by the spirit (ruh). [48] Sufi literature, as in the writings of Rumi and Attar of Nishapur, pay a lot of attention to how to bind the inner demons.

  6. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    ' malevolent demons ') – A demon or devil of perversity, a hindrance to the practice of purity in Shinto and the practice of enlightenment in Buddhism. Jichinsai ( 地鎮祭 , lit. ' ground-pacifying ceremony ' ) – A ceremony held by a Shinto priest on a site before the start of construction on the behalf of owners and workers to pacify and ...

  7. Harae - Wikipedia

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    Harae is often described as purification, but it is also known as an exorcism to be done before worship. [2] Harae often involves symbolic washing with water, or having a Shinto priest shake a large paper shaker called ōnusa or haraegushi over the object of purification. People, places, and objects can all be the object of harae.

  8. Exorcism in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Their role was seen as fighting the "demons of homosexuality" and the "demons of esotericism." [32] Piotr Glas is a Polish exorcist. As of December 2017, according to a Polish Church official from Płock, Glas was disqualified from exorcism and from using techniques that are forbidden under the Church's rules of exorcism. [33]

  9. Insufflation - Wikipedia

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    21. This word is used also, when Christ to make men new creatures, inspired his Apostles with the holy Ghost, Joh. 20. 21." [58] "The Lord God, saith the Text, formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his Nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living Soul. His Body made of Earth, but his Soul the Breath of God. …