A History of Evil — The Rite of Exorcism: Ritual Technology from Mesopotamia in the Catholic Church
Season 2, Episode 13, Oct 22, 12:00 PM
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Dr. Anna Stone and Abammon the Great dive into the ancient origins of exorcism, tracing the rite from Mesopotamian Asipu magicians to the Catholic Church’s Manuale Exorcismorum. Drawing from The Doctrine of Sin in the Babylonian Religion (1905), they reveal how the same ritual technology — holy water, incantation, and divine authority — has endured for millennia.
An investigation into the history of evil, the art of banishment, and the strange continuity between magic and religion.
Dr. Anna Stone and Abammon the Great dive into the ancient origins of exorcism, tracing the rite from Mesopotamian Asipu magicians to the Catholic Church’s Manuale Exorcismorum. Drawing from The Doctrine of Sin in the Babylonian Religion (1905), they reveal how the same ritual technology — holy water, incantation, and divine authority — has endured for millennia.
An investigation into the history of evil, the art of banishment, and the strange continuity between magic and religion.
An investigation into the history of evil, the art of banishment, and the strange continuity between magic and religion.