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Exorcism magazine launches in Poland

By T.K. Randall
September 12, 2012 · Comment icon 21 comments

Exorcisms have become so common in Poland that Catholic priests have launched their own magazine.
Believed to be the first exorcism magazine in history, the publication entitled "Egzorcysta monthly" is a reflection on the rising number of practicing exorcists in Poland over the last 15 years. There are now over 120 exorcists in the country, many with waiting lists of several months. A number of occult practices including fortune telling are now considered 'work' in Poland for the purposes of taxation with many jumping at the opportunity to earn a living by offering such services.

Father Aleksander Posacki has attributed an alleged rise in demonic possessions to people committing evil acts such as killing or stealing but admits that not every case is paranormal. "I've invited psychiatrists to meetings when I've had doubts about a case and often we've both concluded the issue is mental illness, hysteria, not possession," he said.[!gad]Believed to be the first exorcism magazine in history, the publication entitled "Egzorcysta monthly" is a reflection on the rising number of practicing exorcists in Poland over the last 15 years. There are now over 120 exorcists in the country, many with waiting lists of several months. A number of occult practices including fortune telling are now considered 'work' in Poland for the purposes of taxation with many jumping at the opportunity to earn a living by offering such services.

Father Aleksander Posacki has attributed an alleged rise in demonic possessions to people committing evil acts such as killing or stealing but admits that not every case is paranormal. "I've invited psychiatrists to meetings when I've had doubts about a case and often we've both concluded the issue is mental illness, hysteria, not possession," he said.
With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests here have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world's first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the devil.


Source: The Star | Comments (21)




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Comment icon #12 Posted by OverSword 12 years ago
If I could read polish I would buy it.
Comment icon #13 Posted by Boss-Hog 12 years ago
subscribe for 12 months and get a free exorcism
Comment icon #14 Posted by brothers 12 years ago
Were there as many exorcism done during the Communist takeover??.Would be interesting the numbers and then check to see the reason who.
Comment icon #15 Posted by Jinxdom 12 years ago
Would rather read this then a magizine trying to prove the morals of child pornography. I do like the fact it mentions priests working with shrinks though to avoid mistakening mental illness. I would nab a copy if I could read polish just to see that part of it.
Comment icon #16 Posted by Paracelse 12 years ago
If I could read polish I would buy it. I read Polish but wouldn't buy it... take that back I'm going to Poland on business in Octobre will buy couple issues to make fun of it on my blog Edit to add: to read Polish you remove all the czsz, cz, sz, rz z with a dot on top, n with a coma and it reads like N'glish
Comment icon #17 Posted by Beckys_Mom 12 years ago
If I subscribe to this magazine..will it drive out my mother in law ? ........seriously will it?
Comment icon #18 Posted by hetrodoxly 12 years ago
If you take out a 12 month subion to "Exorcisms R US you will receive one free copy of "making your own vestments"
Comment icon #19 Posted by Bluefinger 12 years ago
I must be alone in thinking this is fine. Not every culture has to mirror our own and every should grow at its own pace without the opinion of Westerners who know better. More interested to know exactly the social conditions required to make a part of society there turn to exorcisms on the scale it requires its own publication. Great response! It's fascinating to see people who look so critically for truth speak with so little love. If there isn't love to be found in it, truth is irrelevant to me.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Exorcists 12 years ago
m going to checkout this at ebay....
Comment icon #21 Posted by Cybele 12 years ago
Priests capitalizing on human gullibility just like Hollywood...how unsurprising.


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