Demonic Affliction or Demonic Possession

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Demonic Affliction or Demonic Possession

By

Roger Behra, B. S. Education *

* Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Western New Mexico University,
Silver City, New Mexico. He took five courses, 15 graduate hours, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. 19 years experience teaching language arts in Arizona and Ohio, U.S.A. 10 years teaching religion in St. Ann Catholic School in Ohio, in addition.


Because we let evil enter our lives, demons can enter our lives also, and this can happen in two separate ways. A person can be demon afflicted or demonically possessed. Whether a person is afflicted or possessed, deliverance is absolutely necessary. In the case of being demoniacally possessed this requires an exorcism by an exorcist appointed by a Catholic Bishop. The exorcist priest follows an approved ritual and must be careful when performing an exorcism. The most successful exorcisms are the result of Catholic priests performing them.

A person, young or old, needing an exorcisms is referred only after extensive medical treatment has been done by qualified medical people and psychologist and psychiatrist. When behavior defies responding to regular medical treatment or psychological treatment, the indication is there is demonic expression present.

Demonic expression can take the form of merely affliction or very serious possession. Affliction means a person decides to do evil things. Possession means a person actually decides to let a demon enter his/her life and control behavior. It’s an agreement, consciously made, for one reason or another. The two kinds of demonic possession are: imperfect possession (can be exorcised) and perfect possession (can not be exorcised), and only an exorcism can determine which is the case.

The demon can be either male (called incubus) or female (called succubus). It is possible for more than one demon to afflict or possess a single person. Every demon has a name. Some demons depart easily. Some demons fight expulsion for hours. In the case of multiple demons an exorcism can take several days as longer. Perfect possession means the demon(s) can not be exorcised. A demon or demons can inhabit a house, which makes exorcism necessary to rid the house of it or them.

Individual persons bear the responsibility for the affliction or possession. They invited it into their lives. They made a deal with demonic evil, let evil enter their lives and control them. And later they regret it and seek help to eliminate it.

A definitive sign of demonic expression occurs when a person can not on his/her own eliminate the evil behavior or circumstances, and a professional person or persons must be needed. In the case of persons, when it is noticed, “a look in the eyes, a tone of voice, a sense of contempt, coldness, fits of suitable anger, and very smooth, taut facial expression are exhibited, you have the indication that a person is in league whit the devil”, says Father Malachi Martin, who was a world famous priest exorcist. And it is the priest exorcist who is the deciding factor whether it is demonic affliction or demonic possession.

If a demon takes only partial control (demonic affliction or imperfect possession) and the person wants to rid his life of its control, the person must consent to it and agree to an exorcism. It will not automatically, happen, and it is the only course to take. If a person is totally controlled (perfect possession) that person can not be helped, and an exorcism, if tried, is an unsuccessful adventure. In cases of perfect possession the exorcist priest usually knows ahead of time and does not attempt exorcism. When a person deliberately and consciously agrees to let the devil have his soul in exchange, he can not be helped. Sooner or later Satan will exact his price, and that will be the ownership of the person’s soul for all eternity.

“Demonic affliction and demonic possession have increased eight-hundred to a thousand percent since the 1970’s”, says father Martin. “We can see the effects all around and mostly in United States of America. It is a very serious matter in our daily lives in our modern world”.