Bummin’…
That’s right! I’m freakin’ bored so I have nothin’ to do so i’ll just update you on what happened to me this week…
So here goes….
Previously on Leigh’s World!!! =)
Monday Nov 14: Bum as usual. No class eh. M dropped by that night.
Tuesday Nov 15: Went to BF McDo that morning and met up with K. Went to Holy Trinity that night for my friend K’s mom died… =’c
Wednesday Nov 16: Supposedly have class in Physio psych however there was a change in the sched. Bummed again as usual. *sighs* (Wed last week: saw Flightplan with L at G4. Cool movie!)
Thursday Nov 17: Saw HP4-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in G4 with K, L, and M. Grabe! Cedric Diggory is so H-O-T! *Warning! Spoilers ALERT!!* Too bad he died nga lang in the end… huhuhu!
Friday Nov 18: Nothin’ much as well. Just went around the mall with K. Had lunch with K and C at Wendy’s…
Saturday Nov 19: Hay… bum ulet as usual. I just had DVD marathon of War of The Worlds and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. *WARNING! Spoliers ALERT!* Well, kala ko naman sobrang kakatakot ung Emily Rose movie. Well to think na it’s based from a true story… scary nga! But the film indeed wasn’t at all that scary. Medjo may mga scenes lang na suspense but really it’s not a horror movie. In fact, it’s a courtroom case type of movie. Anyways, here’s some more of the things i’ve found on the net about the the real girl who’s the movie is based from:
The Case of Anneliese Michel (The True Story that this Movie is Based On)
It all began about 1968, when Anneliese Michel (a very religious nurtured girl, who was born on the 21st of September 1952) has an incident. Paralysed and shaking, she was unable to call to her 3 sisters, or her parents (Josef and Anna) for help. A Neurologist at the Psychiatric Clinic Würzburg diagnosed her with "Grand Mal" Epilepsy.
After a long stay at the Hospital, she begins to see devilish grimaces during her daily praying. In the fall of 1970 Anneliese returned to school, and while other girls live the freedom of the 70s, she starts believing to be possessed. She can’t find another reason for the grimaces. She also begins hearing voices, which continually tell her that she will “stew in hell”. As her depression get stronger and stronger, Anneliese doesn’t see any reason to continue seeing any doctors, because they cannot do anything that brings her any relief. Only once, does she tell a Doctor about the “Demons” and the constant voices, which she said had even begun ordering her to do things. But because of the wide gap between Western Medicine and Catholic Ideology, her reports of possession are dismissed.
In the summer of 1973 her parents ask a countless number of priests to perform an Exorcism. The Catholic Church rejects their requests and recommend that they continue giving the prescribed medications to their, now, 20 year-old daughter. The proof for a possession (Infestatio) is strictly structured, and until all of the requirements of a true possession are met, the Catholic Church cannot approve an Exorcism. A few of the requirements that the subject must exhibit include such things as: aversion against religious objects, speaking in languages unknown to them, demonstration of supernatural powers .
Pastor Ernst Alt, supervising Anneliese at that time, asked the Bishop of Würzburg for the Permit to perform an Exorcism on Anneliese Michel in 1974. His request was also rejected, so he recommends that Anneliese follows an even more religious lifestyle. But the incidents continue. At her parents house in Klingenberg, she is uncontrollable — she attacks, beats, at bites the family members. She doesn’t eat food, because the demons order her not to. Instead, Anneliese eats Spiders, Flies and Coal. She even drinks her own urine. She breaks Crucifixes, destroys paintings of Jesus, and demolishes Rosaries. For hours, she runs screaming throughout the house, while tearing the clothes from her body and urinating on the floor. She even performs self-mutilation.
In September 1975, after an exact Verification, the Bishop of Würzburg, Josef Stangl, assigns Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt with the order, to perform “The Great Exorcism” on Anneliese Michel. The basis for this ritual is the “Rituale Romanum”, a still valid Canon Law from the 17th century. Pastor Alt and Father Renz try to save Anneliese from over 6 manifestions that inhabit her body (Lucifer, Judas Iscariot, Nero, Cain, Hitler and Fleischmann, a disgraced Frankish Priest from the 16th century). From September of 1975 until July of 1976, the exorcism sessions were held at least twice a week. Sometimes her attacks were so strong, that she had to be held down by 3 men or tied up. Outside of the exorcism sessions, Anneliese had periods of time without any attacks, during which she goes to school and to church. Just like she did before.
But the attacks never stopped completely. The young woman becomes unconscious and paralyzed more often. The Exorcisms continue over weeks and months. She continues to pray by repeating the same incantations specified by the priests over and over again. Over several weeks, she denies all food and refuses to eat. Her knees are scraped and scabbed because of the 600 Genuflections she performs obsessively during the Exorcisms.
All of her exorcism sessions were recorded, so that evidence of her possession could be documented.
The last day of her exorcism is June 30, 1976. Anneliese is now totally emaciated, has a high temperature, and is also suffering from Pneumonia. In spite of this she continues doing the Genuflections. Her parents even help her doing them.
“Beg for Absolution”, is the last sentence Anneliese says to the Exorcists. To her mother, she says: “Mother, I’m afraid.” Then Anneliese Michel dies.
Her mother reported Anneliese’s death the next morning on July 1, 1976. That afternoon, Father Ernst Alt informs the prosecuting authorities in Aschaffenburg. The Senior Prosecutor began investigating.
A short time before these events occurred, William Friedkin’s 1974 movie, “The Exorcist”, played in cinemas across Germany. This sparked paranormal hysteria all over the county. Psychiatrists all over Europe reported an enormous increase in the number of new patients who were convinced that they were possessed by demons.
It took almost 2 years, until the “Klingenberg Case” was brought to court. Anneliese’s parents and the 2 Priest were accused of negligent homicide. There were only 2 questions that required an answer:
(1) What caused the death of Anneliese Michel? and (2) Who was responsible ?
As to the cause of her death, Forensic Pathologists concluded that: “Anneliese starved to death”
The Prosecution’s claim was that if the accused would have begun to force feed her at least one week prior to her death, then Anneliese’s life could have been saved. Her sister testified that Anneliese had told her that she did not want to be committed to a mental health facility, where should be be sedated and force fed. The Defense, in an effort to prove the presence of the demons, played the audio tapes that the priests had recorded. Of all the people who had witnessed at least one of the exorcism sessions, not one of them believed that Anneliese’s condition was caused by anything other than demonic possession.
A psychiatrist talked about “Doctrinaire Induction”. She said that it was the exorcims themselves that actually caused Anneliese’s psychotic behavior.
While they were found guilty, the judgement was not as hard as many expected it would be. Each of the defendents were sentenced to 6 months in jail for negligent homicide because they did not seek, or provide, any medical treatment for the deceased.
Following the trial, the Commission of the German Bishop-Conference declared that Anneliese Michel was not possessed after all.
Because of a belief that the body of a possessed person does not decay, Anneliese’s corpse was exhumed 18 months after she was buried. But they found that her body had, in fact, decayed, just as every other dead body does.
Even today, however, her grave is a is considered a sacred place by many Rosary-praying pilgrims, who believe that Anneliese Michel, by surrendering her life, was able to defeat the Devil
In 1999 Cardinal Medina Estévez presented Journalists, in Vatican-City, with the new version of the “Rituale Romanum” (a ritual used by the Catholic Church since 1614), which was called "De exorcismis et supplicationibus quibusdam" or more commonly referred to as “The Exorcism for the Upcoming Millennium”. After more then 10 years of editing, Pope John Paul II approbated the new Exorcism Rite, which is now allowed for worldwide usage. The change was initiated by the death of Anneliese Michel when the German Bishop-Conference demanded an end to the practice of “Rituale Romanum”.
Sunday Nov 20: Just went to mass at 9 am sa MHC with my family… No biggie… then slept the whole day… and watch some more TV… =)
Well, next week is still to come… Watch out for it! I’m outta here! Chill!
With all due respect,
Leigh =)
