Real-life case
of demon possession documented
Woman
levitated, spoke other languages, showed paranormal powers
Posted: March 13, 2008 11:29 pm Eastern
WorldNetDaily
An American woman who
levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign
languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a
board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry
at New York Medical College.
The unnamed woman, with
a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of
priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom
also had medical and psychiatric training, levitating six inches off the
ground while objects flew off shelves in the same room, according to Dr.
Richard E. Gallagher, who documented the case in the
February issue of the New Oxford Review.
"Periodically, in our
presence, Julia would go into a trance state of a recurring nature," writes
Gallagher. "Mentally troubled individuals often 'dissociate,' but Julia's
trances were accompanied by an unusual phenomenon: Out of her mouth would
come various threats, taunts and scatological language, phrases like 'Leave
her alone, you idiot,' 'She's ours,' 'Leave, you imbecile priest,' or just
'Leave.' The tone of this voice differed markedly from Julia's own, and it
varied, sometimes sounding guttural and vaguely masculine, at other points
high pitched. Most of her comments during these 'trances,' or at the
subsequent exorcisms, displayed a marked contempt for anything religious or
sacred."
The subject would have
no recollection of speaking these phrases upon recovering from the
trance-like state, according to Gallagher.
"Sometimes objects
around her would fly off the shelves, the rare phenomenon of psychokinesis
known to parapsychologists," reports Gallagher."Julia was also in possession
of knowledge of facts and occurrences beyond any possibility of their
natural acquisition.
"She commonly reported
information about the relatives, household composition, family deaths and
illnesses, etc., of members of our team, without ever having observed or
been informed about them," he said. "As an example, she knew the personality
and precise manner of death (i.e., the exact type of cancer) of a relative
of a team member that no one could conceivably have guessed. She once spoke
about the strange behavior of some inexplicably frenzied animals beyond her
direct observation: Though residing in another city, she commented, 'So
those cats really went berserk last night, didn't they?' the morning after
two cats in a team member's house uncharacteristically had violently
attacked each other at about 2 a.m."
Julia requested a Roman
Catholic exorcism ritual, convinced from the beginning of her consultations
that she was under demonic attack.
"The exorcism began on a
warm day in June," Gallagher recollects. "Despite the weather, the room
where the rite was being conducted grew distinctly cold. Later, however, as
the entity in Julia began to spout vitriol and make strange noises, members
of the team felt themselves profusely sweating due to a stifling emanation
of heat. The participants all said they found the heat unbearable.
"Julia at first had gone
into a quiet trance-like state. After the prayers and invocations of the
Roman Ritual had been going on for a while, however, multiple voices and
sounds came out of her. One set consisted of loud growls and animal-like
noises, which seemed to the group impossible for any human to mimic. At one
point, the voices spoke in foreign languages, including recognizable Latin
and Spanish. (Julia herself only speaks English, as she later verified to
us.)
"The voices were
noticeably attacking in nature, and often insolent, blasphemous and highly
scatological. They cursed and insulted the participants in the crudest way.
They were frequently threatening – trying, it appeared, to fight back –
'Leave her alone,' 'Stop, you whores' (to the nuns), 'You'll be sorry,' and
the like.
"Julia also exhibited
enormous strength. Despite the religious sisters and three others holding
her down with all their might, they struggled to restrain her. Remarkably,
for about 30 minutes, she actually levitated about half a foot in the air."
The purpose of
Gallagher's paper, he says, is to "document a contemporary and clear-cut
case of demonic possession." He explains that even those who doubt such a
phenomenon exists may find this case "rather persuasive."
"Possession is only one
and not the most common type of demonic attack. Possession is very rare,
though not as exceedingly so as many imagine," he concludes. "So-called
'oppression,' or 'infestation,' is less rare, though hardly frequent either,
and sometimes more difficult to discern accurately."
