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Johanna_C
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My family has known a priest who is an exorcist personally for years, and he and other exorcists whose opinions I have read claim that possession and demonic influence are actually far more common than people realize. This friend of ours claims that there is an active demonic element at work in every violent criminal, and urges people to shun all occult related things - he even objected to the TV show “Sabrina” which I had always figured was pretty harmless. He actually blames demons for mental and physical illnesses in some cases; he says that demonically possessed people typically have physical problems as well.Possession is a real thing, though of course not nearly as common as people thought hundreds of years ago.
I agree with him that there are many active demonic influences at work in the world today. I have my house blessed yearly, and I notice the difference. I have had demonic influences manifested in the form of regular violent nightmares which stop immediately when the house is blessed.
Demons are real and can cause mayhem in the lives of regular people. I have watched the decent of my sister-in-law from being a practicing Catholic to an actively pro abortion, drug addicted practicing witch, and I would be afraid to stand in the same room with her without my scapular on. At this point, I can only pray for her.
Mediums, palm readers, fortune tellers, Ouija boards, and taro cards are a gateways that devils use to gain access and influence over the lives of ordinary people. Demons are extremely intelligent and profoundly evil and anything that has the potential to give them a foot in the door should be avoided at all costs.