tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184499599312552350.post5845063230137404660..comments2023-10-18T11:41:03.019+01:00Comments on Pink Triangle: An exercise in exorcismPink Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643436823037952744noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184499599312552350.post-47054685021183820502011-11-07T23:22:54.179+00:002011-11-07T23:22:54.179+00:00Have to agree that the rituals of psychiatry can, ...Have to agree that the rituals of psychiatry can, like as those of religion, be no more than rituals. I well remember, for example, from my time working in mental hospitals that certain patients learnt to come and ask for their 'special pill' (which unknown to them was a milk-powder based placebeo) every time they felt a violent episode coming on, and it was the only thing which seemed to work.<br />But maybe the point is that if priests really believe in the exorcism process and that they're saving someone from the Devil they have a Christian duty to make it available free of charge, and not, as seems to be happening here, be trying to create some kind of 'niche industry' within the NHS. Even spiritualists only have the cheek to ask what the client thinks they can afford, and don't prey on the NHS. <br />Bit of class distinction going on perhaps over what is and isn't regarded as 'respectable' or 'state approved' hocus pocus?Stuart Hartillhttp://clingingtoarock.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184499599312552350.post-53158348092880667252011-11-04T13:02:01.315+00:002011-11-04T13:02:01.315+00:00It seems that exorcism is not only practised by cr...It seems that exorcism is not only practised by crackpot evangelicals. Non other than the Arcbishop of York, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, has told peers in the House of Lords that he freed the spirit of a girl who feared she was going to be sacrificed by witches.<br /><br />The C of E has a "Deliverance Ministry" with a cleric on standby in each of its 43 diocese to cast out evil spirits if required to do so.George Broadheadnoreply@blogger.com