The Entire Case History of Anna Ecklund: Americas Most

Famous Case of Possession

Surprisingly enough, the story of Anna Ecklund is not an easy one to come by, especially since it is
considered the most famous exorcism story in the United States. There are different, varying accounts
to the whole thing, and very few books have been published about it. One of these books, however, is
entitled Begone Satan!, and was written by Father Carl Vogl approximately 80 years ago or so. It was
translated into English by Rev. Celestine Kapsner, and published in approximately 1973. The history of
this book is that it was originally a very thick pamphlet that was distributed amongst seminaries in the
United States to familiarize priests with the destructive powers of the devil through the process of
possession, but in its book form, its length varies. Depending on the multiple forewords and
introductions, it can range anywhere from 32 pages up to 48 pages. Obviously, this is not a very long
book. I prefer the version in which all of the unnecessary text is stripped down, so below, through the
creative commons law, you can download this book in PDF format at the link provided here:
Annas story is not a simple one. It has been briefly mentioned in multiple dictionaries or
encyclopedias dealing with the demonic. I will post all of the entries I have been able to find at the end
of this article, for further reading if you so choose, but basically, the story goes something like this:
To start it off, very much like the case of Annaliese Michael, Anna was possessed by multiple diabolical
entities, however, there were also additional entities which resided within her which were at one time
human, namely the spirit of her father, Jacob Ecklund, and her aunt (as well as her fathers mistress)
Mina. Also similar to the Anneliese Michel case, Judas Iscariot was also one of the possessing spirits of
Anna Ecklund. Anna was born in 1882, but by age 14, she had already begin to have severely strongly
presented symptoms of possession, such as an intense aversion to anything holy or sacred, including
blessed objects or images. Very much like Annliese Michel, she was unable to enter a Church because of
some unseen force, and she had an almost obsessive interest in deprived and disturbing sexual acts.
Many people attribute this to the fact that they truly believe that Jacob was successful in his attempts of
an incestuous relationship with his daughter, and these actions imprinted themselves upon her, but this
cannot be proven. It is believed that by the time she was 26 years old, Anna had become completely and
totally possessed.
The shocking thing here, at least to me, is that it was claimed that Father Theophilus Riesinger, a
Capuchin monk from Wisconsin, had successfully completed an exorcism on June 18, 1912, but it was
ultimately unsuccessful due to the fact that both her father Jacob, and her aunt/his mistress Mina had
begun to place curses on Anna. They would curse the spices in the food which was given to Anna, and
around the community where they lived, while they were alive, it was whispered quietly that Mina was
actually a practicing witch with knowledge of the Black Arts. During these alleged curses, the two of
them actually called upon assistance from the devil so that Anna could specifically suffer the torment of
being re-possessed again, because they knew that according to the Bible, if a demon is expelled, but for

whatever reason allowed to return, he will return with seven stronger than him, and that case of
possession will be significantly harder, almost impossible to successfully correct via exorcism.
A full two decades later, Father Theophilus begane the process again. This is actually where the book
Begone Satan! opens, and you read about the verbal exchange between Father Theophilus and a friend
of his, Father Joseph Steiger, who was a parish priest in the town where this possession is now known
for, Earling, Iowa. Father Theophilus had originally hoped that if he could remove Anna from her
hometown and perform these rituals elsewhere, then it would be unknown and it could go on in
complete discretion, but starting from the moment that the opening prayers were recited, this was
proven to be anything but the case.
It was agreed upon that a nearby convent would be used, maintained by Franciscan nuns provided that
the Mother Superior would sign off on it, which she did. Once Anna had been transported to this
location, strange occurrences began almost instantly. Some of the nuns there had attempted to give
Anna food, in which as was their custom, they had already blessed. It was like magic, because from that
day forward, if anyone had attempted to bless any of Annas food, she would know of it immediately
and refuse to eat. She would hiss like a cat, and show great aversion to this food, and therefore only
unblessed food was prepared for her.
Since all of this information can be read freely in the PDF eBook I uploaded above, I will not simply
repeat this information all over again, what I will do is accentuate and expand on significant presented
within the details of this case.
Possessing Demons / Demonized Spirits:

InHuman: Lucifer

Inhuman: Beelzebub

Human: Judas

Human Jacob

Human: Mina

Additional: Many, many additional lesser demons.

Judas, it was revealed, was only there because it was his assignment to tempt Anna into committing the
unforgivable act of suicide. Unfortunately, due to his history, it is said that in the hierarchy of Hell, Judas
Iscariot would be the equivalent to the Patron Demon of Suicides.
Jacob, the girls father, was condemned to Hell because he cursed his daughter to be defiled by demons
because she would not commit incest with him. We do not know if he was successful, but once in Hell,
the devil gladly allowed Jacob to continue his molestation of his daughter, despite the fact that he was
no longer among the living.

Mina, Jacobs mistress, was condemned to hell because she had lead a prolonged immoral life with
Jacob while his wife was still alive. Also, she had committed a child murder. She killed four children in
her lifetime. While this can not be confirmed, it is believed that these children were her own, and they
were killed during the process of abortion, so I dont know how much you want to believe that, but it is
up to you, the reader.
Out of the entire group, it was claimed that both Mina and Judas were the worst offenders against the
Blessed Sacrament, as they were constantly attempting to somehow destroy or defile it. To manipulate
or mutilate it would represent everything they had attempted to do in life, and would be in league with
the diabolical activity of attempting to taint anything Holy.
Some of the more intense paranormal phenomena that occurred during this 23 day long exorcism were:

Anna exhibited inhuman strength, required sometimes up to six athletic nuns to hold her
down.

Anna levitated, completely off the ground, on more than one occasion.

Anna leapt from her bed in the lying down position, ONTO the wall above the door, where she
held on, and maintained her position of crouching, apparently defying gravity, while holding on
to the side of a wall.

While Anna was unconscious, voices would talk, blaspheme, and verbally assault everyone
present, but not through Annas mouth, they came from her throat, but her lips never moved.

She vomited, spit, drooled, urinated and defecated inhuman amounts/quantities of solids and
fluids. It was reported that Anna was urinating buckets worth of liquid, and this is at a time
where she was not eating hardly anything at all daily.

She would vomit items such as tobacco leaves and other debris which resembled spices.

Her head physically elongated and swelled at certain times.

Her body also seemed as if it would expand to the point of severe bloating, to where it appeared
that Anna was almost double her normal size, and then it would retract in size and return to
normal.

Her lips reportedly on some occasions grew to the size of hands.

She exhibited signs of possessed gravity, to the point that while laying in bed she became so
heavy that the bed sank and the iron bedframe was considerably bent.

She spoke many languages in which she did not know.

She displayed numerous instances in which she had hidden knowledge or knowledge of the
unknown.

Anna would verbally assault the nuns present and the priests present by reciting sins they had
committed in their childhoods.

She predicted that an almost fatal car accident would strike Father Steiger, and that it was a
warning for him to walk away from the exorcism and to rescind his invitation to the priests.

There were inhuman and unbearable smells that would constantly assault the senses of all those
present. Hordes of flies and mosquitos would suddenly manifest and then disappear just as
quickly.

Most importantly, this is the only case of possession where the priests had a lucid, vivid, waking
vision with his sixth sense during the exorcism. Without him stopping the exorcism, for the
last half hour or so of the final exorcism, Father Theophilus physically saw both Lucifer and
Beelzebub standing in the corner, confined there. The room was completely set aflame in this
vision, and Lucifer, described as being extremely tall, with matted black fur on his lower, hooved
body and wearing a crown was seething with rage at Father Theophilus because he was
confined by Gods law to be unable to cause physical harm to a person. Beelzebub was also
there, as his second-in-command, also seething in rage, but not quite as vocal.

Here are some noteworthy quote from the book, Begone Satan!:
[In regards to the discussions portrayed in the book]
The reader would undoubtedly be misled if he were of the opinion that these questions and answers
followed in regular order. It must be remembered that these battles and encounters with the devils
extended over a number of days. At times the answers were interrupted by hours and hours of howling
and yelling, which could be brought into submission only by prolonged prayer and persistent exorcism.
Often no further answers could be forced from the devils in any other way.
Countless brats of devils also interrupted the process of exorcism by their disagreeable and almost
unbearable interferences. As a result of these disturbances, the womans face became so distorted that
no one could recognize her features.
Then, too, her whole body became so horribly disfigured that the regular contour of her body vanished.
Her pale, deathlike and emaciated head, often assuming the size of an inverted water pitcher, became as
red as glowing embers. Her eyes protruded out of their sockets, her lips swelled up to proportions
equaling the size of hands, and her thin emaciated body was bloated to such enormous size that the
pastor and some of the Sisters drew back out of fright, thinking that the woman would be torn to pieces
and burst asunder. At times her abdominal region and extremities became as hard as iron and stone. In
such instances the weight of her body pressed into the iron bedstead so that the iron rods of the bed bent
to the floor.
[In regards to the demon Beelzebub mocking the priests about Christs crucifixion]

This does not mean that we are now sure how the feet of our Saviour were placed upon the cross, even if
Beelzebubs statement tends to confirm the description given by Catherine Emmerich. We do not give the
father of lies credit for being a reliable witness in such matters as the crucifixion, even if there is no doubt
that many devils were personal witnesses to the crucifixion of Christ. In like manner I would have no one
believe that we know for certain that Judas is in hell, just because he claimed that he was one of the
damned in the case of possession at Earling. Holy Mother Church has never yet given a decision
regarding this matter even though the words of our Saviour about Judas are thought-provoking: It
would have been better if that man had never been born.
[In regards to the speaking of the AntiChrist]
Father Theophilus, basing his opinion on his numerous experiences with cases of possession, believes
that the hour of the Antichrist is not far distant. Lucifer himself was present for about fourteen days in
the Earling case. With all the forces of hell at his disposal he tried his utmost to make this a test case.
Once Father Th. Saw Lucifer standing visibly before him for half an houra fiery being in his
characteristically demoniac reality. He had a crown on his head and carried a fiery sword in his hand.
Beelzebub stood alongside of him. During this time the whole room was filled with flames. Lucifer was
cursing and blaspheming in a terrible rage:
If I could, I would have choked you long ago. If I only had my former powers, you would soon experience
what I could do to you.
Through the powers of Christ he had been deprived of his original might as even now through exorcism
his influence was further diminished. Father Th. asked him one time: What can you accomplish, you
helpless Lucifer?
To which he replied: What could you do, if you were bound as I am?
This is where things get interesting. According to the book, Father Theophilus believes that the time of
the AntiChrist will be coming soon. He also believes that through revelations shown during this exorcism
and in conjunction with the visions of Teresa Neumann halfway across the world, the spirit of Judas
Iscariot will be the one who is controlling this AntiChrist and guiding every action he makes. A false
prophet will arise, who will in reality be Lucifer himself, will perform miracles and tremendous feats of
healing. He will have the answer to all of our problems, and he will be worshipped almost as a God.
Also a quote of this book, Father Theophilus claims:
He will not be born of a woman, but will construct a body for himself out of earthly matter in order to
plot as a man among men.
There was also severe opposition when confronted with the prayer of Saint Michael, the Archangel who
was promoted and given he power by God to expel Lucifer from Heaven during the War in Heaven.
The original, short version of the prayer is listed below, and has been known to have extreme efficacy
against all aspects of the diabolical paranormal.

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of
the devil. Restrain him, O God, we humbly beseech Thee, and do Thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by
the power of God cast him into hell with the other evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the
ruin of souls. Amen.
Authors Additional Notes:
Protection of Saint Christopher: The Church has provided a special blessing under the protection of St.
Christopher against evil and disastrous influences. Therefore, it is customary to put one of these blessed
medals or medallions in cars for safetys sake.
It was also claimed, in the section of the book entitled Speeches of Satan, that the actual girl was not
the one doing the speaking, for she was unconscious for most of the time, but that he devil spoke
from within her, not through her mouth. On many occasions, her lips were open but not even moving
during these audible events.
In the section Satans knowledge can be embarrassing, it is also once again mentioned, in conjunction
to what Ed Warren had said in the Demonologist, the diabolical entities made the startling revelation
that they only knew the sins in which you had not confessed. If you had confessed them to a priest, they
claimed to have no knowledge of those sins.
From the book The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, by Gerald Brittle,
ISBN 0-595-24618-4, pages 203 & 204, this is what Ed Warren had to say about the status of sins
revealed:
As the exorcism progresses, continues Ed, the possessing entities usually pour forth vulgar,
blasphemous language crude, filthy, gutter talk. Speaking in a gross, inhuman voice, these things will
also challenge the Scriptures being read, and sometimes even correct the exorcist should he happen to
omit a phrase or mispronounce some word-Latin or English-in the ritual. These insults and slanderings
will later change into a demoralizing personal assault directed against all those present. These spirits,
you see, not only know the Scriptures, they also know the life of everyone in the room. Theyll try to
drive the exorcist and his assistants away by bringing up hurtful incidents in these peoples lives,
recounting their personal tragedies with perverse delight. Theyll reveal personal things that a person
may feel terribly guilty about, or dredge up events that provoke great pain and sorrow. When that
doesnt work, theyll humiliate each and every person present by reciting all their mortal sins in front of
everyone, dwelling on those sins that are likely to be the most embarrassing to a particular person. For
Catholics, this latter problem is avoided through confession: strangely enough, the demonic has no
knowledge of sins that have been confessed!
According to the priest attending to the exorcism, during the final days of the ritual, Lucifer himself as
well as his right hand, Beelzebub were present, in the room, threatening and watching the priest
continue the Ritual Romanum.

From the book The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, by Gerald Brittle,
ISBN 0-595-24618-4, pages 185 & 186, this is what Ed Warren had to say about the Earling possession
case:
Lonnie to expel the invading spirit. As the possessing entity itself admitted, it was weak, but it also
declared there are others stronger, referring to the diabolical hierarchy. Though devils order the
possession of a particular human being, Ed says, a devil will almost never participate in the possession
itself. Instead, the demonic spirit possesses people. There are exceptions, of course.
We know that Lucifer himself was involved in the possession of a woman in Iowa in 1928 named Anna
Ecklund because witnesses at the time reported that he showed himself and remained present during
the latter part of the exorcism standing in a circle of fire wearing a crown.
According to Ed Warren, diabolical possession is meant as a challenge to the authority of God, because
in such cases, the devil, in violation of cosmic law, has actually done the forbidden and taken on
incarnate form. When this happens, there is no alternative but to perform major exorcism.
And regrettably, there is no proof so clear of the Devils existence than that which is gained during a
major exorcism of the possessed.
In the book Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans, by
Father Malachi Martin, ISBN 978-0-06-065337-8, page 13, possessed gravity is explained as:
In the records of Christian Exorcism from as far back as the lifetime of Jesus himself, a peculiar revulsion
to symbols and truths of religion is always and without exception a mark of the possessed person. In the
verification of a case of possession by Church authorities, this symptom of revulsion is triangulated
with other physical phenomena frequently associated with possession the inexplicable stench; freezing
temperature; telepathic powers about purely religious and moral matters; a peculiarly unlined or
completely smooth or stretched skin, or unusual distortion of the face, or other physical and behavioral
transformations; possessed gravity (the possessed person becomes physically immovable, or those
around the possessed are weighted down with a suffocating pressure); levitation (the possessed rises
and floats off the ground, chair, or bed; there is no physically traceable support); violent smashing of
furniture, constant opening and slamming of doors, tearing of fabric in the vicinity of the possessed,
without a hand laid on them; and so on.
In the book The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology by Rosemary Ellen Guiley, ISBN-13: 978-08160-7314-6 & ISBN-10: 0-8160-7314-7, pages 71 & 72, here is the entire entry of Anna Ecklund, and the
case of Earling, Iowa:
Earling Possession (1928)
One of the best-documented demonic POSSESSION cases in the 20th century. The possession of Anna
Ecklund also is unusual for the combination of demonic entities within one victim.

Anna was born in the Midwest about 1882 and was raised a devout and pious Catholic. She first began
showing the symptoms of possessionrevulsion toward holy objects, inability to enter church, and
disturbing thoughts about unspeakable sexual actsat age 14, finally becoming totally possessed in
1908. In the account of Annas travails, Begone Satan!, written in German by the Reverend Carl Vogl and
translated into English by the Reverend Celestine Kapsner, O.S.B., Annas aunt Mina, a reputed witch,
caused her possession by placing spells on herbs used in Annas food. Father Theophilus Riesinger, a
native Bavarian and a Capuchin monk from the community of St. Anthony at Marathon, Wisconsin,
successfully exorcized her on June 18, 1912, only to have her fall prey to the Devil again after her father
heaped CURSEs on her and wished her possessed. In 1928, when Anna was 46 years old, Father
Theophilus tried again.
Seeking a place where Anna was unknown, Father Theophilus approached his old friend, Father F.
Joseph Steiger, parish priest in Earling, Iowa. With great reluctance, Father Steiger agreed that the
exorcism could take place in the nearby convent of the Franciscan Sisters. Anna arrived in Earling on
August 17, 1928. Trouble started immediately; sensing that someone had sprinkled holy water on her
evening meal, Anna threw a fi t, purring like a cat, and refused to eat until unblessed food could be
served. After that, the devils within her always knew whether one of the nuns had tried to bless the
food or drink, and they always complained.
The ancient ritual began in earnest the next morning. Father Theophilus had several of the strongest
nuns hold Anna on a mattress laid upon an iron bed, and her clothes were bound tightly around her to
prevent her from stripping herself. With Father Theophilus first exhortations Annas mouth clamped
shut and she fell unconscious, followed almost immediately by an extraordinary feat of levitation. Rising
swiftly from the bed, she hung onto the wall above the door like a cat, and it took great effort to pull her
down. Although Anna was unconscious and her mouth never moved throughout the sessions, voices
issued from within her, accompanied by screams, howls, and unearthly animal noises. Earling citizens,
alarmed by the outcries, gathered at the convent, ruining Father Theophilus hopes of keeping the
exorcism secret. Totaling 23 days, the exorcisms covered three sessions: from August 18 to the 26, from
September 13 to 20, and from December 15 to 23. Through it all, Annas physical state deteriorated to
the point of death. She ate no food but only swallowed small amounts of milk or water. Nevertheless,
she vomited enormous quantities of foul-smelling debris, often resembling tobacco leaves, and spit
prodigiously. Her face became horribly disfigured and distorted, often suffusing with blood as her head
swelled and elongated, her eyes bulged, and her lips grew, reportedly, to the size of hands. Her
abdomen would swell to the point of bursting, only to retract and become so hard and heavy that the
iron bedstead would bend under the enormous weight.
In addition to the physical changes, Anna understood languages previously unknown to her, recoiled at
holy words and objects, and revealed clairvoyant knowledge by exposing secret childhood sins of the
other participants. The nuns and Father Steiger were so frightened and troubled that none of them
could stay in Annas room throughout the entire exorcism but instead worked in shifts. Father Steiger,
taunted by the devils for having agreed to the exorcism in his parish, was especially harassed and
suffered an auto accident that the devils had predicted and apparently arranged. Only Father
Theophilus, confident of his powers, remained steadfast.

Hordes of lesser devils and avenging spirits, described as like a swarm of mosquitoes, possessed Anna,
but her principal tormentors were BEELZEBUB , Judas Iscariot, and the spirits of her father, Jacob, and
his mistress, Annas aunt Mina. Beelzebub revealed himself first, engaging Father Theophilus in sarcastic
theological conversations and acknowledging that the curses of Jacob, Annas father, sent the devils into
her at age 14. Father Theophilus tried to reach Jacob, only to be answered by a spirit identifying himself
as Judas Iscariot, who admitted he was there to torment Anna to commit suicide and thereby go to
HELL.
Jacob eventually spoke and said that he had cursed Anna for not submitting to his incestuous advances,
calling upon the devil to tempt her with every unspeakable sin against chastity. In Begone Satan! the
author describes Jacobs life as coarse and brutal, taking Annas aunt Mina as a mistress while he was
still married and repeatedly trying to seduce Anna. At his death, a priest had administered extreme
unction, but Jacob ridiculed him. The author continues: In the judgment after death even all that was
pardoned him, but (because) he had cursed his own daughter . . . that ultimately was the guilt of his
eternal damnation. And so he was still scheming in hell how he could torture and molest his child. This
Lucifer gladly permitted him to do. Whether Annas virginity really remained intact, even at age 46, or
whether she had repressed her sexual contact with her father is unknown.
A high, falsetto voice, present from the beginning among the other voices, revealed itself as that of
Mina. God had damned her for living with Jacob and for murdering four children. Begone
Satan! suggests that the children were Minas own, but they may also have been multiple abortions.
The author describes Mina as any devils equal for malice and hate, filled with spite and blaspheming the
Blessed Sacrament.
The author remarks that the truly amazing aspects of Annas possession were her basic virtue and pious
disposition throughout her ordeal, because the devil has no power over the free will of a human
being. Sensing his eventual triumph, Father Theophilus continued to exhort the devils to depart, and by
the latter part of December 1928, they began to weaken and moan, rather than scream, against his
efforts. Father Theophilus demanded that when they returned to hell, each should call out his name as a
sign of his or her departure, and the devils agreed.
On December 23, 1928, at about 9:00 P .M ., Anna suddenly jerked up and stood erect in bed, looking as
if she were about to rise to the ceiling. Father Steiger called for the nuns to pull her down, while Father
Theophilus blessed her and roared, Depart ye fi ends of hell! Begone Satan, the Lion of Juda reigns!
Anna crumpled back onto the bed as a terrible shout of Beelzebub, Judas, Jacob, Mina followed by
Hell, hell, hell filled the room, repeated several times until the sound seemed to fade into the
distance. Anna opened her eyes and smiled, while tears of joy ran down her face and she cried, My
Jesus,
Mercy! Praised be Jesus Christ!
Begone Satan! describes the end: During the first thrills of joy they were not even aware of the terrible
odor that filled the room. All the windows had to be opened, the stench was something unearthly,

simply unbearable. It was the last souvenir of the infernal devils for those they had to abandon upon the
Earth.
FURTHER READING :
Vogel, Rev. Carl. Begone, Satan! A Soul-Stirring Account of Diabolical Possession in Iowa. Rockford, Ill.:
TAN Books and Publishers, 1973.
And, even further, in the book The Dark Sacrament: True Stories of Modern-Day Demon Possession and
Exorcism, by David M. Kiely and Christina McKenna, ISBN 978-0-06-123817-8, pages 354-356, they
describe this story as well. Through direct private correspondence with author Christina McKenna, I had
asked her why she referred to the case as Mary X instead of Anna Ecklund, and she responded that it
was an attempt to retain the privacy of her relatives in the United States (McKenna is an Irish author). I
do not intend to cause Ms. Ecklunds relatives any heartache either, so if any of that results from this
article, I do apologize. But, here is an excerpt from the above referenced book:
THE EXORCISM OF MARY X
One of the most notorious cases of alleged possession had its roots in the closing decade of the
nineteenth century. The victim was a girl of fourteen called Mary who was born and raised in an
undisclosed location in the American Midwest. She began hearing voices that made obscene suggestions
and developed a distaste for anything religious. She could speak in languages she had never learned and
manifested many other signs that could indicate demonic possession.
Strangely enough, however, it was not until 1928, when Mary was forty years of age, that she finally
agreed to an exorcism- we do not know what happened in the intervening twenty-six years. She was
taken to a convent in Earling, Iowa, there to await the arrival of an exorcist. The man appointed to the
task was a German-American priest named Theophilus Riesinger, a member of the Capuchin order. He
enjoyed a reputation as a successful banisher of unclean entities. Yet Mary would prove to be the
greatest challenge of his career. Begun on the first day of December, the exorcism was to last for a
grueling twenty-three days. Father Riesinger was assisted by his friend and fellow monk Father Joseph
Steiger. The two were to experience terrible resistance from a number of demons who appeared to
have taken control of the woman, chief among whom was one who identified himself as Beelzebub.
As the days wore on, certain details about Marys past emerged. The priests discovered that her father,
Jacob, had attempted an incestuous relationship with her. We do not know for certain if he succeeded.
It also came to light that Marys mother had killed four of her own infants. It seems that for these crimes
the parents, on their deaths, were damned. Among their infernal tasks was to demonize their
daughter and to curse her.
A fearsome array of demons presented themselves; among them was one called Mina, who, it seems, in
life was Jacobs mistress. The demons used many stratagems to thwart the exorcism: Father Steiger had
a freak auto accident but survived, and the entities unsuccessfully attempted to drive a wedge between
the priests.

Again and again, the Rituale Romanum was enacted, without any outward sign that the victim was
responding. Demons continued to speak out of Marys mouth, at times divulging information that she
could not have known. At times the voices could be heard even when Marys mouth was shut.
But the entities left in the end, two days before Christmas. At their leaving, the priests heard a piercing
scream, followed by a raucous cacophony of voices filling the room where the victim lay. Evidently they
were those of the demons, including her father and his mistress. Their parting words were, Beelzebub,
Judas, Jacob, Mina hell, hell, hell! The curses had been lifted. Mary regained her own consciousness.
Her first words were in praise of Jesus.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMONS PRESENT:
From the book Dictionary of Demons: Names of the Damned, written by Michelle Belanger, ISBN 978-07387-2306-8, here are the entries for:
Lucifer and Satan
From the book The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, written by Rosemary Ellen Guiley, ISBN13: 978-0-8160-7314-6 & ISBN-10: 0-8160-7314-7, here are the entries for:
Lucifer
Beelzebub
From the book The Routledge Dictionary of Gods Goddesses Devils & Demons, ISBN 0-203-64351-8, here
are the entries for:
Beelzebub
Lucifer