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Demonic Posession- Anneliese Michel
Anneliese Michel- I Can See Hell in Me

The controversy surrounding the topic of possession and exorcism has become more prevalent throughout recent years. The most notable disputation of modern time is the story of Anneliese Michel. Known as the real Emily Rose, Anneliese Michel was a young girl who suffered from complete demonic possession. For seven years Anneliese was subjected to the wrath of six or more demons including Lucifer , Hitler, Cain, and Judas, who tormented her daily. The exorcism authorized by The Catholic Church that was expected to eradicate her demons, ultimately resulted in the tragic death of Anneliese. Anneliese Michel was born into a devout catholic family on September 21, 1952 in Bavaria, Germany. Her father, Josef, owned and operated a sawmill, but had once entertained the idea of priesthood. Her mother, Anna, had an illegitimate daughter, Martha, previous to her marriage to Josef. As a result, Anna's life was consumed with compulsive praying to negate her mother's unholy act. Anneliese and her three younger sisters were pressured at an early age to do penance for their mother's transgressions. At eight years old Martha died, this caused Anneliese, at the mere age of four, to feel responsible for for the death of her half sister and her mother's sins. While the rest of the teenagers her age spent their high school years engaging in the "life" of the sixties, Anneliese would endure continuous night of sleeping on stone floors to attain retribution for the sins of others. "They were a frantically religious family, forever praying or going on pilgrimages to Italy to drink holy water; although Josef would join me and my late husband for a drink, Anneliese was rarely allowed out socially, not even to sing in the church choir." (ebscohost) At age sixteen Anneliese began to suffer from bizarre seizures that occurred during the night. These fits would cause Anneliese's body to become stone like. She also experienced the feeling of a

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