This presentation entitled ‘The Liminality of Modern-Day Exorcism’ was offered at The Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference, held at Robert Gordon’s University in Aberdeen, UK, in August, 2018. The presentation was offered under the banner of ‘The Supernatural as Profession’ and I discussed my roles as a Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist in Private Practice and a Modern-day Exorcist/Spirit Release Practitioner. I reviewed Traditional Exorcism from a Western cultural, ritualistic and religious perspective, and its polarisation with Spirit Release Therapy. Where exactly does modern-day Exorcism fit given the ontological and epistemological problems and polarities between Paranormal Investigators, Marketed ghostly Sites, The Psychological Field and Society.
Training/Agenda items include:
- Talking under the banner of ‘The Supernatural as Profession’ as a Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist in Private Practice and a Modern-day Exorcist/Spirit Release Practitioner.
- Review of Traditional Exorcism from a Western cultural perspective, explanation about Spirit Release Therapy, addressing of a range of polarities, and asking of the question, “Where does modern-day Exorcism fit?”
- Traditional Exorcism “And he gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out” (Matthew 10:1).
- Modern-day Exorcism: Spirit Release Therapy “The Christian way of looking at the world has no room for Earthbound Spirits, only for demons” (Komianos, p.44, 2011).
- Earthbound Spirits & Spirit Attachments.
- Trapped – Inability to Transition.
- What are the underlying premises of the Spirit Release Therapist and where does modern-day exorcism fit?
- Ontological and epistemological problems and polarities between Paranormal Investigators, Marketed ghostly Sites, The Psychological Field and Society.
- Where to Next?
