The only "demonic possession incident" acknowledged by the Catholic Church, a recording of a horrific exorcism in which the girl died a strange death after kneeling more than 600 times a night, and even the most staunch atheists had to waver. ---- primer
Hello everyone, I'm Angel. Today's article is not a ghost story, nor does it promote superstition and horror, it may be slightly frightening, and everyone can watch it in a calm mood. I don't know if you have seen a thriller released in 2005 called "Exorcism", in which a 19-year-old German female college student was haunted by evil spirits for 6 years, and during the exorcism held by a Catholic priest, the girl lost weight from 50 kilograms to 30 kilograms in 10 months, and finally tortured to death. Many people may think that such ghost events will only happen in the movie, but in fact, the film is adapted from a real person, because during the exorcism, a large number of photos and recordings were preserved, and the Catholic Church had to admit that this "evil spirit possession incident" was real.
Annalise. Mickey
Annalise. Mitch was born in 1952 to a Catholic family in Bavaria, Germany. Since her parents were devout Catholics, Annalise and her 3 sisters also grew up under the influence of Catholic culture. When she was a child, Annalise was beautiful-looking, smart and lively, very popular with neighbors, and her academic performance after school has always been among the best, from primary school to middle school, she has always been the top student in the eyes of teachers. Annalise herself is also diligent and studious, and she has her own dreams to become a teacher when she grows up.
In this way, Annalise grew up to the age of 16 under the care and care of her teachers' relatives, and it was also this year that some unusual things happened to this little girl.
Annalise was listening carefully to the lecture in class, suddenly felt that her eyes were black, her eyesight was weak, she fainted in the classroom, the teachers and classmates quickly sent her to the infirmary, and soon Annalise woke up, but her face was pale, her eyes were full of fear, and she wanted to say something and couldn't say anything. The teacher informs Annalise's parents when he feels something is wrong. After the parents arrived, they saw that their daughter did not have symptoms of illness, which may be that the child was too tired from studying and went home to rest. When she got home and finished eating, it was already dark, and Annalise went back to her bedroom to rest, and she had just closed her eyes when she suddenly felt as if something had slammed into her body, and she was falling rapidly with her body.
Annalise opened her eyes in fear only to find that no matter how she shouted, she could not make a sound, and her body could not move, and it took several minutes to return to normal. She even wet the bed that night. When she talked to her parents about this terrible thing, the parents thought that it might be that the daughter was too stressed to study and had "sleep paralysis symptoms", which is what we commonly call "ghost press", and did not care about this matter, but only comforted Annalise to rest well. But for the next few nights, Annalise woke up in the middle of the night every day, and one day she cried out to her parents in horror that some demons often came to her and kept talking to her and cursing her to go to hell. The parents also noticed that after a period of rest, the daughter's body was much worse, so they took Annalise to the doctor.
At first, through symptom analysis, doctors thought that they were suffering from epilepsy, epilepsy is what we commonly call "sheep epilepsy", is a neurological disease, patients have convulsions, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations are normal phenomena. But when the doctor scanned Annalise's brain, he didn't find anything abnormal, so he prescribed her some anticonvulsant drugs to try the effect. However, the drug did not work, and for some time afterwards, Annalise still woke up in the middle of the night, and said that she had seen a grimace and heard the curse of the devil. After several seizures, Annalise was found to be suffering from depression and mental illness, and in order to get her daughter out of the torture as soon as possible, her parents had to send her daughter to a mental hospital for treatment.
Over the next 5 years, after several treatments, Annalise unexpectedly returned to normal and was admitted to the University of Würzburg, one of the best universities in the region. Originally thought that her body had completely recovered, but after going to college, Annalise's "illness" recurred, she was still tormented by the fantasy of the "devil", became autistic and silent, and the former smart and lively girl was gone. Gradually, Annalise's illness became more and more serious, and the gentle little girl even became irritable, and when the conflict with her classmates had become abnormal, she would even insult the teacher and insult religion in class. Faced with Annalise's excesses, the school was eventually ordered to withdraw from school and go home after talking to her parents.
Possessed by demons
In desperation, the mother had to take her daughter to the church to pray for God's blessing, but when Annalise entered the church and saw the statue of the Virgin, she stared at the Virgin with a fierce look, which frightened everyone in the church. Moreover, Annalise would deliberately avoid the statue of Jesus and refuse to drink holy water, and even more terrifying was the stench of rotting corpses emitted from her walking into the church. An old woman who was also worshipping at the church saw Annalise's situation and thought that Annalise was "possessed by a demon". With the consent of her parents, the old woman took Annalise to the home of a local psychic for examination, who concluded that she was possessed by a demon.
Because Annalise's family were Catholics, they turned to the church and asked for an exorcism for their daughter. However, due to the complexity of Catholic exorcisms, they must be approved by the General Catholic Church before they can be carried out, and it is not a matter of a day or two that can be determined. At this moment, Annalise's situation seems to be urgent. According to Annalise's family, Annalise's consciousness was clear at the time of the previous work, but as the situation deteriorated again, she had completely changed into another person with each seizure, and she would lie on the floor in a twisted position all night, making a low and terrifying sound that did not belong to her, and even doing some strange things such as swallowing cockroaches, devouring spiders, and licking her own excrement.
What made her parents most uncomfortable was that Annalise would also self-harm herself when she was sick, either cutting her body with a knife or hitting the wall hard with her head, and her strength was so great that it would take three big men to control her, and sometimes she would need to be tied up with chains. In addition, every time there are holy relics, such as the cross and the statue of Jesus, Annalise will roar loudly to resist and destroy these holy relics. After several verifications by the Catholic Church, in 1975 the then Bishop Steiger finally approved of Annalise's possession and agreed to send priests to perform exorcisms on Annalise's behalf.
Exorcism rituals
Speaking of exorcism, we may Chinese relatively unfamiliar, but lin Zhengying's ghost catching must be familiar to everyone, in fact, this is also a kind of exorcism. Exorcism is an ancient witchcraft practice that exists all over the world, usually by religious figures such as priests, Taoists, monks, and folk wizards. In the "exorcism ritual", the exorcist will use specific magic tools, spells, and spells, which mean that the divine power will help the gods to drive away the so-called demons attached to the human body. Like the exorcism tools commonly used by our Chinese folk, what are peach wood swords, spells, glutinous rice, etc., I believe everyone has seen similar movies. In Western Catholicism, the tools used for exorcism are such as the cross, the Bible, and holy water. Because the New Testament of the Bible records Jesus' exorcisms, exorcism is also one of the Catholic doctrines.
When everything was ready, in 1975 the priest came to Annalise's house and began an "exorcism ritual", each lasting 4 hours, during which time the priest would ask many questions, such as "Why are you in hell?" "Did you know anything wrong?" Wait a minute. After answering the question, Annalise had to do 600 kneeling movements. During the Q&A, the priest learned from Annalise that there were 6 demons attached to Annalise, namely Satan Lucifer, the traitor Judas, the tyrant Niro, Nazi Hitler, Adam's son Cain, and a decoupled priest Frinchman. Because each exorcism process was recorded with photographs and audio recordings, we can still hear some of the exorcism scenes at that time.
In some recordings, you can even hear 6 devils arguing with each other or confronting the priest, such as a demon who calls himself "Hitler" and dismissively says to the exorcist priest: "Humans are as stupid as pigs, they think that even if death is over, everything is still going on" Of course, these are all from Annalise's mouth. Does Annalise's muffled voice in the recording look like a devil? In fact, it is difficult for people to judge how these sounds are emitted. After such a ceremony was held for some time, Annalise's situation did turn around several times, sometimes even too good to see any problems, and her parents could take her out of the house normally, and even thought about sending her back to school.
But each improvement did not last long, and it would recur and become more and more serious, and the priest had to continue the "exorcism ritual". In the 10-month period from 1975 to 1976, the exorcism was carried out 67 times, with more than 40 tapes and hundreds of photographs preserved. However, instead of getting better, the situation caused great damage to Annalise's body. Spiritual torture left her unable to eat or drink, and in order to embrace the Catholic doctrine of salvation, Annalise insisted on sleeping on the cold floor every day, redeemed through physical pain. In a few months, her body has slimmed from 50 kilograms to 30 kilograms, which is already bone thin. The most important thing is that she has to do 600 knee bends every time she is "exorcism ritual", which seriously damages Annalise's knee, which is already weak, and by the end she is completely unable to move on her own.
On June 30, 1976, Annalise ushered in the last "exorcism ceremony" of her life, when she was already scarred, her face was haggard, and she still had a high fever, and she didn't even have the strength to speak, and the kneeling action could only be done by her parents. After 4 hours of consciousness, Annalise used all her strength to say the last 2 farewell words, she first said "Please forgive me" to the priest, then looked at her mother and said, "Mom, I am so scared", and then she did not breathe, and then Annalise, 23, passed away forever.
Post-mortem investigation
On July 1, 1976, two exorcism priests voluntarily informed Annalise of her death, a case that caused an uproar at the time, as even the church believed that Annalise was really possessed by evil spirits. However, a German criminal investigation team examined Annalise's body and found that Annalise's death was due to starvation and high fever and dehydration. Prosecutors then prosecuted the exorcist priest and Annalise's parents. On the day of the trial, medical experts testified that Annalise's illness was epilepsy caused by lesions in brain tissue, and that, accented by the surrounding religious atmosphere, her psychology produced illusions that made her subconsciously convinced that she had seen the face of the devil and heard the voice of the devil.
A reporter investigates and finds that Annalise is almost surrounded by religious culture, and everyone around her believes that Annalise is possessed by the devil and believes that only God can expel the devil. Even an old woman, in an interview with reporters, was worried that there was a devil control in the microphone, constantly sprinkling holy water on the microphone. This is like the ancient story of "three people becoming a tiger", when the people around you continue to rumor something, will you also believe in it? After 2 years of the "exorcism incident", the court finally convicted the exorcism priest and Annalise's parents to commit the crime of "neglecting care to death" and sentenced them to 6 months in prison, but in fact, the priest and Annalise's parents only sat in prison for 2 days before being released on bail, so many people in the outside world said that the judge actually believed that Annalise was indeed haunted by evil spirits.
The final verdict is a tribute to the spirit of Annalise's fight with the devil to the last moment. It is worth mentioning that after Annalise's death, the members of the German Synod of Bishops abruptly overturned the previous conclusion, declaring that Annalise was not possessed by a demon. Such repeated remarks are really frustrating, but some annalise supporters still think that her courage to declare war on the devil is admirable. Until now, Annalise's resting place has also become a pilgrimage place for many devout believers, and many priests are said to worship before performing "exorcism ceremonies". Apparently Annalise has become a spiritual symbol for some people.
At the end of the story, Angie finally quotes a phrase from the priest in the "Exorcism" movie, "Believe it or not, the demon does exist", however, the demon who killed Annalise may not be a demon in religion, but a demon in the hearts of some people in the real world. Well, this issue of the article is like this, like friends don't forget to like, pay attention.