| She did suffer a lot of physical and emotional pain, but putting it on canvas was a form of exorcism, and she did it with a dark sense of humour. |
| Rituals like this of purification and exorcism are a traditional feature of Shinto. |
| The mother of a possessed little girl is talking to the recently arrived priest who is going to perform an exorcism. |
| The first section, dealing with Mesopotamian magic, stresses the similarities to modern European rituals of healing and exorcism. |
| Thereafter, formal rituals of exorcism were adopted by the Church throughout the medieval centuries. |
| An exorcism is a religious rite for driving Satan or evil spirits out of a possessed person, place, or thing. |
