Devil possession

In the early Christian Middle Ages, however, a tradition arose that had a beneficial impact on the mentally ill, despite the fanaticism and incitement of later centuries the tradition of mercy. Prayers were said for the possessed and the Church initially saw itself as a haven for the insane and epileptics also. Only in the eleventh century were some madmen considered to be envoys of the devil, to be combated by all available means in the fourteenth century there was a change to isolating the insane from the healthy population in lunatic asylums and madhouses. Therapeutic measures for those isolated in this way were superfluous at that time, especially as those who knew about herbs and poisons were often themselves suspected of being witches (Duerr, 1979). 

Hofmann has now clearly moved into demonic possession country With the dissolution of his will, his essential self has been split and a part of him replaced by an external agent, the demonic drug—shades of the devil that was thought to corrupt us by temptation shades of the succu-bus that seduced men shades of the incubus that seduced women in their sleep and shades of the alien invaders that spirit some modern men and women away to other planets for bizarre rituals or unwelcome surgical interventions without their bed partners even noticing their absence. Indeed, Hofmann himself believed that he was outside his body as he reached the climax of his psychosis. This is dissociation with a vengeance ... 

Devil s claw is reputed to possess anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, analgesic, sedative, and diuretic properties. It is used to treat arthritis, gout, myalgia, fibrositis, lumbago, pleurodynia, and especially rheumatic disease. 

The Vishenkov household, along with the rest of Moscow, faces the advance of Napoleon Bonaparte. At its heart is the radiant Dusha, a source of strength and inspiration - and more besides - for them all. Captain Victor Padorin, heroic Hussar and family friend, meanwhile, acts like a man possessed - by the Devil. 

The scene begins with the avocatori investigating the papers put into their hands by Voltore. They appear to be so incriminating that no last-minute action by Volpone will stay the hand of disaster. However, when Volpone suggests possession by the devil, Voltore, always the great performer, falls into a faint. Much good theatrical fun can be gained from this sequence by experienced comics. Voltore s sudden recovery, almost without the proper theatrical transition, must be carefully timed. The cliche "Where am I " is impossible to believe, but the avocatori never doubt the vulture s sincerity. 

A presentation of die consen>ation law for energy would be incomplete without a brief review of some introductoiy thermodynamic principles. Thermodynamics is defined as the science diat devils wiUi the relationships among the various forms of energy. A system may possess energy due to its temperature, velocity, position, molecular structure, surface, and so on. The energies corresponding to... 

During the whole time that Catholicism had the spiritual direction of Europe," writes Emile Grillot de Givry, "a veritable Church of Evil opposed... the Church of God, a Church of the devil defying the Church of God... like the latter [it possessed] its priests, its rites, its cult, its books, its congregations, and its supernatural visitants."... 

According to the old Anglo-Saxon herbal guides. Mandrake is endowed with power against demonic possession. In the Herbarium ofApuleius there is a Mandrake prescription For witlessness, that is devil sickness or demoniacal possession, take from the body of this said wort mandrake by the weight of three pennies, administer to drink in warm water as he may find most convenient -soon he will be healed. ... 

Most of these applications are modern. In an earlier day the essential oils had other, perhaps more romantic, uses. They were credited with miraculous medicinal properties, but their supposed curative powers have been usurped by the antibiotics. Certain of them were thought to possess marvelous rejuvenative abilities and here the steroids have taken over. Others were said to keep the devil away nothing has replaced these. 

The suspicion that, in the final analysis, mental illness is a disease sui generis, unique among diseases, is confirmed by the fact that it is the only disease believed to be capable of causing and excusing crime. In possessing this property, mental illness combines functions previously attributed to the Devil and God. Also, mental illness is the only disease that justifies, as hospitalization, the preventive detention of persons deemed dangerous to themselves and/or others and the incarceration of persons deemed to be sexual predators who have served their prison sentences. 

The use of the Herb or Root called Peyote... is a superstitious action and reproved as opposed to the purity and sincerity of our Holy Catholic Faith, being so that this said herb, nor any other cannot possess the virtue and natural efficacy attributed to it for said effects, nor to cause the images, phantasms and representations on which are founded said divinations, and that in these one sees notoriously the suggestion and assistance of the devil, author of this abuse..,... 

Possession of unusual chemicals, such as large quantities of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), Coleman Fuel 7, toluene/paint thinner, acetone, alcohol, benzene, freon, chloroform, starting fluid, anhydrous ammonia, Heet, white gasoline, phenyl-2-propane, phenylacetone, phenylpropanolamine, iodine crystals, red phosphorous, black iodine, lye (Red Devil Lye), muriatic/hydrochloric acid, battery acid/sulfuric acid, Epsom salts, batteries/lithium, sodium metal, wooden matches, propane cylinders, bronchodialators, rock salt, diet aids, energy boosters, or cold/aUergy medications... 

I don t believe this," the green man exclaimed. "Look, let s just get them possessed, and forget it. Okay Sorry I mouthed off. But that girl has the devil s own tongue."... 

On great woman , see 2.1.115 ( great with child ), and cf. Webster, The White Devil Because your brother is the corpulent Duke, / -That is the great Duke (2.1.180-1). The OED does not cite instances of mummy meaning mother until 1768, but it does quote examples of mum in this sense as early as 1595 (noun 2a) other early modern texts also suggest the possibility of a pun here see Thomas Middleton, A Game at Chess To three old mummy-matrons I have promised / The mothership o the maids (4.2.44-5) and John Donne, Love s Alchemy (about which this possibility has repeatedly been raised) Hope not for mind in women, at their best / Sweetness and wit, they are but mummy, possessed (23-4). For milk , see Ferdinand earlier in this play (2.5.48). 

Kayaku no Taru ( Barrel of Gunpowder ) opened in December of 1964. The producers, after seeing a second Bond movie sell far more tickets than the first, had understood the character of the Enghsh Bond better than before. Kitami had become more devil-may-care, more sexy, and possessed of some degree of Bond s ironic detachment from the action. He may not be as perfect an imitation as the one at the SPECTRE training camp, but he is much closer than he had been in Tiger Fang. 

According to Deville and Troost the vapour of tdlurium possesses a specific gtavify of. 9-08 at 1390, wbbh number agrees well wftb the tiieoreticid density of 128. ... 

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