The Exorcism Service (generic definition)

unspecified / cross-cultural (general religious practice) · not specified in supplied sources (cross-cultural)

The Exorcism Service (generic definition)

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Claimed Effect

According to the general definition present in the sources, practitioners of exorcism believe that invoking a higher spiritual authority, commanding the entity to depart, or compelling it to swear an oath will cause the malevolent entity to leave the afflicted person or area.

Description

The materials supplied for this entry do not include a primary or secondary description of any single, named liturgical exorcism service. Instead, the available source gives a general account of what exorcism is across religious traditions: a practice intended to evict demons, djinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from persons or spaces. The sources note several broad methods used in exorcism practices generally — direct command in the name of a higher power, eliciting an oath from the entity, or performing an elaborate ritual — but they do not provide an ordered liturgical sequence, original-language prayers, or ritual paraphernalia for a particular tradition. Therefore this entry documents only what is present in the supplied sources and explicitly does not reconstruct any specific rite (for example, a Greek Orthodox service) without corroborating texts.

Procedure
  1. 01No specific, source-attested step-by-step liturgical sequence for a named Exorcism Service is provided in the supplied materials. The only procedural possibilities documented generally are listed here as generic options (not as a prescribed order for any particular tradition):
  2. 02Option (general, not a liturgical step): Command the entity to depart in the name of a higher power — the source states that some exorcists effect eviction by issuing authoritative commands invoking a superior spiritual authority.
  3. 03Option (general, not a liturgical step): Cause the entity to swear an oath — the source indicates that in some traditions exorcists compel the spirit to bind itself by oath.
  4. 04Option (general, not a liturgical step): Perform an elaborate ritual — the source notes that elaborate ritual procedures may be employed in some traditions, without specifying elements or sequence.
Contraindications
  • ⚠No contraindications, prohibitions, or risks related to performing an exorcism are provided in the supplied sources; none are asserted here.

Community Record

Sources
  1. [1]
    Exorcism. Wikipedia contributors, 'Exorcism,' Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism (accessed per supplied source list).wiki
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    Aish Kodesh 09/16/2010 Yom Kippur (Archive). Archive recording: Yom Kippur ~ Aish Kodesh 09/16/2010, https://archive.org/details/AishKodesh09162010YomKippurRabbiHenochDovHoffman (included in source set; contains no material relevant to exorcism for this entry).other
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    The Drew & Mike Show Collection 2013 (Archive). Archive: The Drew & Mike Show Collection 2013, https://archive.org/details/drew-mike-2013 (included in source set; contains no material relevant to exorcism for this entry).other
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    CIA Reading Room document: RETIREMENT TIME NEARS (Archive). Archive: CIA Reading Room document 'RETIREMENT TIME NEARS,' https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp89-00066r000400070070-7 (included in source set; contains no material relevant to exorcism for this entry).other
probable