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1、ThefollowingisPartOneofanexcerptentitled"ABriefHandbookofExorcism".ItistakenfromMalachiMartin's1976classicworkonthesubjectofpossessionandexorcismcalled,"HostageToTheDevil".Amongotherthings,the477p.bookalsocontainsanindepthanalysisontherecentpossessionsof5"ordinary"Americans.Forfurtherinf
2、ormationonthesubject,thereaderisinvitedtoconsultthebook.ItispublishedbyPerrenialLibraryofNewYork.Note:Italicizedwordsarerepresentedthroughuseof'single'quotationmarks."ABriefHandbookofExorcism"-(1)____________________________________TherecentvastpublicityaboutExorcismhashighlightedtheplig
3、htofthepossessedasafreshgenreofhorrorfilm.Theessenceofevilislostinthecinematographiceffects.Andtheexorcist,whorisksmorethananyoneelseinanexorcism,flitsacrossthescreenasnecessarybut,intheend,notsointerestingasthesoundeffects.Thetruthisthatallthree-thepossessed,thepossessingspirit,andtheex
4、orcist-bearacloserelationtotherealityoflifeandtoitsmeaningasallofusexperienceiteachandeveryday.Possessionisnotaprocessofmagic.Spiritisreal;infact,spiritisthebasisofallrealityreality."Reality"wouldnotonlybeboringwithoutspirit;itwouldhavenomeaningwhatsoever.Nohorrorfilmcanbegintocapturethe
5、horrorofsuchavision:aworldwithoutspirit.EvilSpiritispersonal,anditisintelligent.Itispreternatural,inthesensethatitisnot'of'thismaterialworld,butitis'in'thismaterialworld.AndEvilSpiritaswellasgoodadvancesalongthelinesofourdailylives.Inverynormalwaysspiritusesandinfluencesourdailythoughts,
6、actions,andcustomsand,indeed,allthestrandsthatmakeupthefabricoflifeinwhatevertimeorplace.Contemporarylifeisnoexception.Tocomparespiritwiththeelementsofourlivesandmaterialworld,whichitcanandsometimesdoesmanipulateforitsownends,isafatalmistake,butonethatisveryoftenmade.Eeriesoundscanbeprod
7、ucedbyspiritwww.sacred-magick.com1-butspiritisnottheeeriesound.Objectscanbemadetoflyacrosstheroom,buttelekinesisisnomorespiritthanthematerialobjectthatwasmadetomove.Onemanwhosestoryistoldinthisbookmadethemistakeofthinkingotherwise,andhenearlypaidwithhislifewhenhehadtoconf
