The Exorcist Tradition in Islam

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One hadith divides them into three groups, with one type of jinn flying through the air; another type being snakes and dogs; and a third moving from place to place like human. [31]

Young, Francis (2016). "7 Exorcism in an Age of Doubt: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (1ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp.188–191. ISBN 978-3-319-29112-3. OCLC 948778692. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021 . Retrieved 4 July 2021. Sharabi, Asaf (17 February 2021). "The Politics of Madness and Spirit Possession in Northern India". Medical Anthropology. 40 (2): 182–195. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1807540. ISSN 0145-9740. PMID 32866040. S2CID 221404656. ul ain Khan, Qurat; Sanober, Aisha (1 March 2016). " "Jinn Possession" and Delirious Mania in a Pakistani Woman". American Journal of Psychiatry. 173 (3): 219–220. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15030281. PMID 26926128. Another cause for jinn possession, according to Moiz Ansari, is that a jinni falls in love with a human and thereupon possesses the human. [47] [ bettersourceneeded] Some women have reported that during the time (they believed) they were being possessed by a jinn, the jinn tried to have sexual intercourse from inside their bodies. [48] [ bettersourceneeded] Martha Brossier was a young woman who was made infamous around the year of 1578 for her feigned demonic possession discovered through exorcism proceedings. [79]Richmond, Raymond Lloyd (11 November 2018). The Veil of Purity: The Supernatural Purpose of the Chapel Veil. R. Richmond, Ph.D. pp.3–6. ISBN 978-0-9831171-6-2. Muslims in Southern and Eastern Europe are less likely to consult traditional religious healers. About four-in-ten Albanian Muslims (38%) say they sometimes use such healers, while elsewhere in the region a quarter or fewer say they ever turn to a traditional healer. Tanacu exorcism is a case in which a mentally ill Romanian nun was killed during an exorcism by priest Daniel Petre Corogeanu. The case inspired motion pictures Beyond the Hills and The Crucifixion. One scholar has described psychosurgery as "Neurosurgical Exorcisms", with trepanation having been widely used to release demons from the brain. [65] Meanwhile, another scholar has equated psychotherapy with exorcism. [66] United Kingdom [ edit ]

Demonic possession is rarely talked about in the church. Demonic possession has been talked about twice by Joseph Smith, the founder of the faith. The first time refers to his experience during the First Vision [25] and he recorded the following in his "1831 account of the First Vision":Dein, Simon; Abdool Samad Illaiee (September 2013). "Jinn and mental health: looking at jinn possession in modern psychiatric practice". The Psychiatrist. 37 (9): 290–293. doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.113.042721. S2CID 29032393. This reflects a style of dichotomy that establishes spiritual possession as an illness which is socially mediated, and reflective of the social climate in which it is produced. Exorcisms are performed in response to spiritual possessions which cause distress or are found to be challenging the status quo and/or hegemonic values within the individual; otherwise, possessions are treated as holy communication from deities. [75] These illnesses/possessions are culturally constructed as either psychological or spiritual. [76] Spiritual possession and exorcism come as a pair, representative of social expectations of ‘normal’ functioning, and can often be engaged as a tool to challenge or maintain religious collective values.