Clara Germana Research Paper

In 1906, Clara Germana, a sixteen-year-old Christian girl living in South Africa, made a deal with Satan and became demonically possessed. Soon after making the pact, she sought the help of Father Horner Erasmus and told him what she had done. Father Erasmus told one nun that Clara was telepathic because she revealed secrets to him about people who she never met before, and she was also mysteriously able to speak multiple languages which included: Polish, German, French, and many others which she had no prior knowledge of. In addition, Clara feared spiritual objects, such as rosaries, bibles, and crucifixes and when a nun came near her with a blessed object, she would suddenly gain remarkable strength and launch the nun across the convent room. When a nun secretly sprinkled Clara with holy water, she levitated five feet in the air and that is when Father Horner Erasmus decided to seek the help of Reverend Mansueti for additional assistance. They performed a two-day long exorcism on Clara and during this process, Reverend Mansueti restrained her while Father Erasmus blessed her with holy water and recited the Blessed Sacrament. Father Erasmus commanded the demon to be silent in the name of Jesus and to leave Clara’s body. Throughout the exorcism, Clara threw the holy bible from the priest’s hands multiple times and attempted to choke him during

The first exorcism was done during the first century on Christ who was possessed by a demon named Legion. Legion was exorcised by Christ into a herd of pigs and ran off a cliff. Exorcisms have also been a major element in American culture. For instance, The Conjuring, The Devil Inside, The Rite, Requiem, The Last Exorcism, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and The Exorcist are only a few of the many well known exorcism films to date which exhibit possessed humans and the process of healing them through