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Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 7:01am On Jun 13
Bigman25:
asalamu allaikum sir. Please edit the quote and take down the phone number. Thank you.
Okay, I'll do that.
Thank you.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 6:22am On Jun 12
Start actively looking for a job at least for the next 30 days from the time you send me an email requesting help with finding a job.
And please, let me know when you've found a suitable job so I can remove you from the list.
Best of luck.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 12:25pm On Jun 11
Please, pay attention, those who need divine help finding a job that's good for them.

Please, search for a job intensely at least for the next 30 days while I pray. If you are usually weak, lazy, or procrastinate, now is NOT the time for that. Do your calculations regarding what jobs to look for and where. Focus on those you can do well. Then go out in search of them everyday. Apply to or try finding a variety of jobs. I'd suggest accepting temporary ones if they come your way, while looking for the one you are really after.

Don't let any disappointement discourage you. Those who give up easily rarely succeed.

Once you get a job, leave your testimony here and inform me so I can remove you from the list (so it doesn't get too long).

This is free help, so don't worry about payment. You can also update me by email regarding any developments during your job search, such as interviews, obstacles, screening, etc. so I may offer special prayers to help you cross it.

For those who've contacted me, I've replied to all of you by mail or chat.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 5:30pm On Jun 10
I’ll have to remove the following emails from my list because they didn’t reply to my message after contacting me first. It seems they lost interest, perhaps after discovering that I’m a Muslim and my solution is an Islamic one. While my help is for everyone regardless of religion, it’s not for those who do not ask for it or show seriousness. I'll keep updating the list.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 5:14pm On Jun 10
abutujj:

Abeg add this email too oh
abutujj@gmail.com
It'll be helpful to you if you emailed me so that you can keep me updated on your progress on the job search. If you are still having difficulty after searching for sometime, or you are unable to keep jobs for long, you might need a different kind of prayer, which I do for free. My real reward is with Allah, Insha Allah. I just want to help as many as possible. in the meantime, I'll add th email to the list.
Not even witchcraf or a spiritual force will prevent you from getting that job, Insha Allah.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 2:56pm On Jun 10
For all those who have contacted me about helping them land a job, I have replied to some of you and I'm still replying. Check you chat when you login to Gmail and you should see a message from me. You don't have to tell me your name or any details about you. There are just five simple things I want you to do:
1. Do not be somebody who harms Muslims or Islam simply because you hate their religion, otherwise this prayer won't benefit you, because that's a condition I include when doing it. It's not for people who do that.
2. Refrain from harming people or any living thing unjustly, such as using harsh language on people without proper justification or throwing stones at passing dogs that didn't offend you in any way, etc.
3. You must get out and look for that job like your life depends on it. My help isn't intended to be a miracle, although it can be. But typically, it's a blessing on your efforts. Allah will bless your efforts as you look for the job.
4. Only go for jobs that you qualify for, please. Don't tempt God by looking for something you clearly don't qualify for.
5. You must be patient and persevere in your search. Don't just give up after a few job applications.

I have collected a list of people I'll pray for over the coming weeks. I'm still adding to that list, and Allah will approve it, Insha Allah. I use your emails as I don't want to ask for your names because some people may think I'll use it for witchcraft. So, I'll use the email addresses on my list instead of your names.

It can take me well over six hours everyday to complete this prayer, but it always pays in the end. Nobody I praid for ever ever ever failed to get a satisfactory solution. It may not be your big dream job, but it'll be one that satisfies you if you are grateful.

So, if you have contacted me for help finding a job, please get up and start looking for one.
Investment / Re: Crypto Currency Investors Thread by DuaWorrior: 1:10pm On Jun 10
fredsamuel1:
Please house, how does one get KYC verified on Yellow card. Done this numerous times but i still can't pass the verification tasks. I have funds on Yellow card, but i can neither withdraw nor send it without been verified
Have you tried contacting their customer care dempartment? Whether you have or not, I can help you. Get in touch with me.
Investment / Re: Crypto Currency Investors Thread by DuaWorrior: 1:09pm On Jun 10
Have you been a victim of scam? if you can contact the scammer so reads the message I'll ask you to send him, there's a very high chance that you'll recover your money. Don't doubt me. You'll be surprised. And I won't ask you for any compensation until you recover your lost asset.
Tell me about it and let's recover that money you have probably given up on.
Crime / Re: Are You The Victim Of A Crime Or Injustice And Want Help Online? Talk To Me by DuaWorrior: 7:15am On Jun 10
scam victims, unpaid debts, victims of oppression, those threatened, etc. talk to me and I'll help you get even for free.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 7:12am On Jun 10
Menemonic:
check your mail sir
I have and I've replied
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 7:10am On Jun 10
I've replied to all your emails. We can continue the communication via chat.
Anyone needs help finding a job, get in touch. It may sound like something impossible, a joke, a scam, etc. But it isn't anything like that. I'll never ask for any compensation before your problem is solved. So, don't worry about paying and getting scammed. I just discovered that I can do a lot for people and myself. Having helped some people around me, I'm widing the scope of my operations.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 4:38pm On Jun 09
Menemonic:
brother find me something first make i eat before we discuss that..
For God sake..
It shall be well, Insha Allah.
Contact me by email.
Romance / Is Your Marriage In Trouble? Let's See How To Fix It by DuaWorrior: 4:38pm On Jun 09
This help is only for people who are legitimately married. Please don't waste my time with an illegal sex relationship.

If you feel your husband or wife no longer loves you? If you feel they are cheating on you? If some evil man or woman is trying to destroy your marriage? If you are divorced and want re-union with your former husband or wife? Any other issues with your spouse that you find difficult to solve.

Talk to me about it and you WILL find a solution, Insha Allah.
Jobs/Vacancies / Having Problems Finding A Job? Let Me Help You by DuaWorrior: 3:23pm On Jun 09
Don't give me a dime until your problem is solved.

Are you jobless and need something to do to earn a living? Is your current job killing you and you want a change? Are you currently pursuing a job and really want to secure it? Looking for a legit pay rise from a stubborn employer?

Try my solution and you'll be thankful you did, Insha Allah.

With my help, you can get a job, win that job, change your job, get a pay rise, etc. Insha Allah.

I have no power to do these things. Allah (SWT) does them for me and for everyone else. So, true thanks, glory, and praises be to Him the lord of the worlds.

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Crime / Are You The Victim Of A Crime Or Injustice And Want Help Online? Talk To Me by DuaWorrior: 3:00pm On Jun 09
Is there anyone tormenting your life and you want them to stop? Something of great value stolen from you and you want Allah's justice over the issue? Is your life in danger and you want Allah's protection? Are witches disturbing you or your family? Is someone holding your money and doesn't want to pay even though they are capable of paying you? Is your neighbour making your life hell? Is any of your wealth or property at risk?

The person tormenting your life will be forced to stop, Insha Allah. Your stolen item will either be returned to the thieve punished really soon, Insha Allah. Your life or that of a loved one will be protected, with Allah's help. Witches will flee from you and their spells broken, by Allah's leave. Your debtor will pay you without wasting much of your time whether they like it or not. Your neighbour either stops or they'll be forced to pack out, or Allah will provide a better place for you for accommodation (whichever that's best in your interest), insha Allah. Your property will be protected from theft in ways that the impact of my work is unmistakeable to you or anyone who experiences it, Insha Allah.

My help is just an email away.
Health / Re: Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses (for All) by DuaWorrior: 2:39pm On Jun 09
xtianchris:

Guy go hospital go heal people..leave people online. ..
I'm limited to my town offline. But online, I hope to go international after succeeding here like I have in my hometown.
I think you should mind your business though or you might invite trouble to yourself. I usually have a low tolerance threshold, and those who cross me end up regretting it.
Health / Re: Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses (for All) by DuaWorrior: 2:37pm On Jun 09
xtianchris:


Guy go hospital go heal people..leave people online. ..
I started with people in my family, then around the neighbourhood, and now allover the town. I pray for the sick in hospitals too. but thanks for reminding me cos it's been a while since I visited the sick in hospitals. I'll do that and pray for them. Anyone I pray for comes back thanking me. It's a gift I hope Allah helps me retain for life.
Religion / Re: Question About Witches Using Your Name Or Pictures For Witchcraft by DuaWorrior: 1:49pm On Jun 09
Let's be more civil in our converstaions please.
Health / Re: Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses (for All) by DuaWorrior: 1:32pm On Jun 09
Do not let doubt or bias deter you from receiving divine healing through the Qur'an and Sunnah of Allah's messenger. As it isn't costing you money, why not give it a try?
Religion / Re: Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses by DuaWorrior: 1:29pm On Jun 09
Sicknesses can have a physical or spiritual cause. Sometimes there are signs that indicate a spiritual dimension to sicknesses. I'll be discussing these signs soon.
Health / Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses (for All) by DuaWorrior: 1:08pm On Jun 09
It’s time to get rid of your sickness or that of a loved one

Derived from the Quran and Sahih Hadith, this healing process benefits Muslims and non-Muslims alike.


Before writing the main content of this post, let me warn those who would want to attempt to spoil my efforts here with regard to helping the sick. First, this is not a thread for religious argument or discussion. It is for those who need help with health problems of physical or spiritual causes. You can request explanations, ask questions, or make logical criticisms of my methods. But do NOT:

1. Accuse me without proof, like calling me what I’m not, such as ritualist, cultist, deranged, etc. otherwise it becomes slander and an injustice against me. And there’ll be consequences.
2. Insult any religion, its books, worship places, followers, or what they worship. Doing that will annoy some people and probably set off a chain of insults and counter-insults that annoy even more people and divert attention from the true purpose of this thread, which will harm those who would have benefited from it. Don’t do this even if someone insults you or your faith. I’ll read anything posted here and will deal with such people on your behalf and my behalf.
3. Preach Islam, Christianity, Atheism, etc. here, because it’s not the purpose of this thread and will undermine my effort by diverting attention from the real thing. With due respect, open a different thread for your preaching, please.
4. Give false testimonies against me or in my support. Anything you testify to regarding what I do here must be true to the last word

Question: What happens if you know about these rules but violate them intentionally to undermine the good work I want to do here?
Answer: You’ll be affected by my supplications to Allah against those who harm my work here without proper justification. You’ll continue to suffer the consequences until you edit the offensive post to an apology. The divine punishment comes in the form of intense pain that doesn’t respond to treatment but doesn’t kill, maim, cause insanity, or leave permanent damage in the body. The aim is to correct and deter bad behavior that prevents others from benefiting from my work by casting doubts into their hearts.

To the sick or medically challenged, you’ll be completely healed unless your illness is the result of a supplication to Allah by someone you wronged or oppressed. In which case, you must reconcile with this person or continue to pray for them, hoping that your good prayers for them may lead to Allah canceling the curse of their supplication against you, Insha Allah.

The Treatment Process and Steps

Step 1: We’ll have a chat about your health problem and I’ll ask questions about the nature of the problem, when and how it started, the cause, treatments you’ve attempted, etc. From your answers, I may be able to detect whether it has a spiritual cause, Insha Allah.

Step 2: If it’s unclear to me whether your health problem has a spiritual dimension, I’ll recite certain prayers over you through the phone. Depending on your body’s reaction to the recitations, I’ll know better, Insha Allah.

Step 3: I’ll instruct you to hold your phone to the point on your body where you feel pain or sickness while I pray. This will provide temporary relief from pain and discomfort before we tackle the issue properly. From my experience, relief comes in less than 2 hours, but occasionally, it may take longer, Insha Allah. However, relief from pain or discomfort doesn’t mean the problem is gone. It may be that whatever is causing that pain has been hit hard and weakened, but not dead. But sometimes, relief signifies the end of that problem, Insha Allah.

Step 4: Based on the results from step 1 - 3, I’ll recommend further treatment such as holding your phone over clean water or medicine you are using for treatment. This can be plant medicine, synthetic medicine from hospitals or medicine stores, or certain items I’ll ask you to buy from the market. I won’t be sending you medicines unless you can’t find them around you. Usually, you may need honey or dates or olive oil or some plant laxative etc. Medicines and other items over which Duas (prayers) have been recited are more potent and will be effective against both physical and spiritual causes of a disease. The same thing applies to water over which Dua has been recited. You can use such water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and washing, to expel evil spirits from your body, clothes, accessories, furniture, other items, and your home as a whole, Insha Allah.

Step 5: Treatment continues until you are completely healed. If there isn’t any significant improvement after a week of continuous treatment, we may start considering the possibility of that sickness being a divine punishment for an offense you committed against Allah or a living creature. In that case, we’ll move to the next level of treatment, which is more intense and requires greater participation by the patient.

A very important factor for success is patience and perseverance. Even if you have little or no faith, my faith will be sufficient for a successful treatment, Insha Allah. But it's really better to have faith

To contact me, send an email to: naturallysupernatural44@gmail.com

I don't charge money for this work. Just give whatever you can afford, as an appreciationg. But it's 100% free.

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Religion / Experience The Power Of Islamic Divine Healing From Sicknesses by DuaWorrior: 12:56pm On Jun 09
It’s time to get rid of your sickness or that of a loved one

Derived from the Quran and Sahih Hadith, this healing process benefits Muslims and non-Muslims alike.


Before writing the main content of this post, let me warn those who would want to attempt to spoil my efforts here with regard to helping the sick. First, this is not a thread for religious argument or discussion. It is for those who need help with health problems of physical or spiritual causes. You can request explanations, ask questions, or make logical criticisms of my methods. But do NOT:

1. Accuse me without proof, like calling me what I’m not, such as ritualist, cultist, deranged, etc. otherwise it becomes slander and an injustice against me. And there’ll be consequences.
2. Insult any religion, its books, worship places, followers, or what they worship. Doing that will annoy some people and probably set off a chain of insults and counter-insults that annoy even more people and divert attention from the true purpose of this thread, which will harm those who would have benefited from it. Don’t do this even if someone insults you or your faith. I’ll read anything posted here and will deal with such people on your behalf and my behalf.
3. Preach Islam, Christianity, Atheism, etc. here, because it’s not the purpose of this thread and will undermine my effort by diverting attention from the real thing. With due respect, open a different thread for your preaching, please.
4. Give false testimonies against me or in my support. Anything you testify to regarding what I do here must be true to the last word

Question: What happens if you know about these rules but violate them intentionally to undermine the good work I want to do here?
Answer: You’ll be affected by my supplications to Allah against those who harm my work here without proper justification. You’ll continue to suffer the consequences until you edit the offensive post to an apology. The divine punishment comes in the form of intense pain that doesn’t respond to treatment but doesn’t kill, maim, cause insanity, or leave permanent damage in the body. The aim is to correct and deter bad behavior that prevents others from benefiting from my work by casting doubts into their hearts.

To the sick or medically challenged, you’ll be completely healed unless your illness is the result of a supplication to Allah by someone you wronged or oppressed. In which case, you must reconcile with this person or continue to pray for them, hoping that your good prayers for them may lead to Allah canceling the curse of their supplication against you, Insha Allah.

The Treatment Process and Steps

Step 1: We’ll have a chat about your health problem and I’ll ask questions about the nature of the problem, when and how it started, the cause, treatments you’ve attempted, etc. From your answers, I may be able to detect whether it has a spiritual cause, Insha Allah.

Step 2: If it’s unclear to me whether your health problem has a spiritual dimension, I’ll recite certain prayers over you through the phone. Depending on your body’s reaction to the recitations, I’ll know better, Insha Allah.

Step 3: I’ll instruct you to hold your phone to the point on your body where you feel pain or sickness while I pray. This will provide temporary relief from pain and discomfort before we tackle the issue properly. From my experience, relief comes in less than 2 hours, but occasionally, it may take longer, Insha Allah. However, relief from pain or discomfort doesn’t mean the problem is gone. It may be that whatever is causing that pain has been hit hard and weakened, but not dead. But sometimes, relief signifies the end of that problem, Insha Allah.

Step 4: Based on the results from step 1 - 3, I’ll recommend further treatment such as holding your phone over clean water or medicine you are using for treatment. This can be plant medicine, synthetic medicine from hospitals or medicine stores, or certain items I’ll ask you to buy from the market. I won’t be sending you medicines unless you can’t find them around you. Usually, you may need honey or dates or olive oil or some plant laxative etc. Medicines and other items over which Duas (prayers) have been recited are more potent and will be effective against both physical and spiritual causes of a disease. The same thing applies to water over which Dua has been recited. You can use such water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and washing, to expel evil spirits from your body, clothes, accessories, furniture, other items, and your home as a whole, Insha Allah.

Step 5: Treatment continues until you are completely healed. If there isn’t any significant improvement after a week of continuous treatment, we may start considering the possibility of that sickness being a divine punishment for an offense you committed against Allah or a living creature. In that case, we’ll move to the next level of treatment, which is more intense and requires greater participation by the patient.

A very important factor for success is patience and perseverance. Even if you have little or no faith, my faith will be sufficient for a successful treatment, Insha Allah. But it's really better to have faith

To contact me, send an email to: naturallysupernatural44@gmail.com

I don't charge money for this work. Just give whatever you can afford, as an appreciationg. But it's 100% free. My real reward is with Allah, Insha Allah.
Religion / Re: Question About Witches Using Your Name Or Pictures For Witchcraft by DuaWorrior: 5:59pm On Jun 08
MrBrownJay1:


bro stop talking about how people solved medical issues centuries ago... a few 100 years ago, it was pretty normal for clueless people to talk about demonic attack, exorcism and what not, but in the 21st century, we know better....same as back in the days, we couldnt help people who needed heart transplant and now we can fix that. expecting someone today to think like the doctors back 1000 years ago is absurd.

i cant read your article as its only for people who paid for subscrition, feel free to paste here what is said in the article.
Here's the article your requested

As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession.
How a scientist learned to work with exorcists.


By Richard Gallagher
July 1, 2016 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

Matt Rota for The Washington Post

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In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess. She called herself a witch and dressed the part, with flowing dark clothes and black eye shadow around to her temples. In our many discussions, she acknowledged worshipping Satan as his “queen.”

I’m a man of science and a lover of history; after studying the classics at Princeton, I trained in psychiatry at Yale and in psychoanalysis at Columbia. That background is why a Catholic priest had asked my professional opinion, which I offered pro bono, about whether this woman was suffering from a mental disorder. This was at the height of the national panic about Satanism. (In a case that helped induce the hysteria, Virginia McMartin and others had recently been charged with alleged Satanic ritual abuse at a Los Angeles preschool; the charges were later dropped.) So I was inclined to skepticism. But my subject’s behavior exceeded what I could explain with my training. She could tell some people their secret weaknesses, such as undue pride. She knew how individuals she’d never known had died, including my mother and her fatal case of ovarian cancer. Six people later vouched to me that, during her exorcisms, they heard her speaking multiple languages, including Latin, completely unfamiliar to her outside of her trances. This was not psychosis; it was what I can only describe as paranormal ability. I concluded that she was possessed. Much later, she permitted me to tell her story.

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The priest who had asked for my opinion of this bizarre case was the most experienced exorcist in the country at the time, an erudite and sensible man. I had told him that, even as a practicing Catholic, I wasn’t likely to go in for a lot of hocus-pocus. “Well,” he replied, “unless we thought you were not easily fooled, we would hardly have wanted you to assist us.”

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So began an unlikely partnership. For the past two-and-a-half decades and over several hundred consultations, I’ve helped clergy from multiple denominations and faiths to filter episodes of mental illness — which represent the overwhelming majority of cases — from, literally, the devil’s work. It’s an unlikely role for an academic physician, but I don’t see these two aspects of my career in conflict. The same habits that shape what I do as a professor and psychiatrist — open-mindedness, respect for evidence and compassion for suffering people — led me to aid in the work of discerning attacks by what I believe are evil spirits and, just as critically, differentiating these extremely rare events from medical conditions.

Is it possible to be a sophisticated psychiatrist and believe that evil spirits are, however seldom, assailing humans? Most of my scientific colleagues and friends say no, because of their frequent contact with patients who are deluded about demons, their general skepticism of the supernatural, and their commitment to employ only standard, peer-reviewed treatments that do not potentially mislead (a definite risk) or harm vulnerable patients. But careful observation of the evidence presented to me in my career has led me to believe that certain extremely uncommon cases can be explained no other way.

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The Vatican does not track global or countrywide exorcism, but in my experience and according to the priests I meet, demand is rising. The United States is home to about 50 “stable” exorcists — those who have been designated by bishops to combat demonic activity on a semi-regular basis — up from just 12 a decade ago, according to the Rev. Vincent Lampert, an Indianapolis-based priest-exorcist who is active in the International Association of Exorcists. (He receives about 20 inquiries per week, double the number from when his bishop appointed him in 2005.) The Catholic Church has responded by offering greater resources for clergy members who wish to address the problem. In 2010, for instance, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops organized a meeting in Baltimore for interested clergy. In 2014, Pope Francis formally recognized the IAE, 400 members of which are to convene in Rome this October. Members believe in such strange cases because they are constantly called upon to help. (I served for a time as a scientific adviser on the group’s governing board.)

[No, really. Take a vacation. Your co-workers will manage just fine without you.]

Unfortunately, not all clergy involved in this complex field are as cautious as the priest who first approached me. In some circles, there is a tendency to become overly preoccupied with putative demonic explanations and to see the devil everywhere. Fundamentalist misdiagnoses and absurd or even dangerous “treatments,” such as beating victims, have sometimes occurred, especially in developing countries. This is perhaps why exorcism has a negative connotation in some quarters. People with psychological problems should receive psychological treatment.

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But I believe I’ve seen the real thing. Assaults upon individuals are classified either as “demonic possessions” or as the slightly more common but less intense attacks usually called “oppressions.” A possessed individual may suddenly, in a type of trance, voice statements of astonishing venom and contempt for religion, while understanding and speaking various foreign languages previously unknown to them. The subject might also exhibit enormous strength or even the extraordinarily rare phenomenon of levitation. (I have not witnessed a levitation myself, but half a dozen people I work with vow that they’ve seen it in the course of their exorcisms.) He or she might demonstrate “hidden knowledge” of all sorts of things — like how a stranger’s loved ones died, what secret sins she has committed, even where people are at a given moment. These are skills that cannot be explained except by special psychic or preternatural ability.


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I have personally encountered these rationally inexplicable features, along with other paranormal phenomena. My vantage is unusual: As a consulting doctor, I think I have seen more cases of possession than any other physician in the world.

[I’m a transgender Republican. My party has betrayed me.]

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Most of the people I evaluate in this role suffer from the more prosaic problems of a medical disorder. Anyone even faintly familiar with mental illnesses knows that individuals who think they are being attacked by malign spirits are generally experiencing nothing of the sort. Practitioners see psychotic patients all the time who claim to see or hear demons; histrionic or highly suggestible individuals, such as those suffering from dissociative identity syndromes; and patients with personality disorders who are prone to misinterpret destructive feelings, in what exorcists sometimes call a “pseudo-possession,” via the defense mechanism of an externalizing projection. But what am I supposed to make of patients who unexpectedly start speaking perfect Latin?

I approach each situation with an initial skepticism. I technically do not make my own “diagnosis” of possession but inform the clergy that the symptoms in question have no conceivable medical cause.

I am aware of the way many psychiatrists view this sort of work. While the American Psychiatric Association has no official opinion on these affairs, the field (like society at large) is full of unpersuadable skeptics and occasionally doctrinaire materialists who are often oddly vitriolic in their opposition to all things spiritual. My job is to assist people seeking help, not to convince doctors who are not subject to suasion. Yet I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners nowadays who are open to entertaining such hypotheses. Many believe exactly what I do, though they may be reluctant to speak out.

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As a man of reason, I’ve had to rationalize the seemingly irrational. Questions about how a scientifically trained physician can believe “such outdated and unscientific nonsense,” as I’ve been asked, have a simple answer. I honestly weigh the evidence. I have been told simplistically that levitation defies the laws of gravity, and, well, of course it does! We are not dealing here with purely material reality, but with the spiritual realm. One cannot force these creatures to undergo lab studies or submit to scientific manipulation; they will also hardly allow themselves to be easily recorded by video equipment, as skeptics sometimes demand. (The official Catholic Catechism holds that demons are sentient and possess their own wills; as they are fallen angels, they are also craftier than humans. That’s how they sow confusion and seed doubt, after all.) Nor does the church wish to compromise a sufferer’s privacy, any more than doctors want to compromise a patient’s confidentiality.

[Feminists treat men badly. It’s bad for feminism.]

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Ignorance and superstition have often surrounded stories of demonic possession in various cultures, and surely many alleged episodes can be explained by fraud, chicanery or mental pathology. But anthropologists agree that nearly all cultures have believed in spirits, and the vast majority of societies (including our own) have recorded dramatic stories of spirit possession. Despite varying interpretations, multiple depictions of the same phenomena in astonishingly consistent ways offer cumulative evidence of their credibility.

As a psychoanalyst, a blanket rejection of the possibility of demonic attacks seems less logical, and often wishful in nature, than a careful appraisal of the facts. As I see it, the evidence for possession is like the evidence for George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. In both cases, written historical accounts with numerous sound witnesses testify to their accuracy.

In the end, however, it was not an academic or dogmatic view that propelled me into this line of work. I was asked to consult about people in pain. I have always thought that, if requested to help a tortured person, a physician should not arbitrarily refuse to get involved. Those who dismiss these cases unwittingly prevent patients from receiving the help they desperately require, either by failing to recommend them for psychiatric treatment (which most clearly need) or by not informing their spiritual ministers that something beyond a mental or other illness seems to be the issue. For any person of science or faith, it should be impossible to turn one’s back on a tormented soul.


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By Richard Gallagher
Richard Gallagher is a board-certified psychiatrist and a professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College. He is at work on a book about demonic possession in the United States.
Religion / Re: Question About Witches Using Your Name Or Pictures For Witchcraft by DuaWorrior: 5:57pm On Jun 08
MrBrownJay1:

there is NO DEMONSTRATION that you can bring here that will confirm the mambo jambo you claim (aka demonic attack, levitation etc) NONE!!!!

i cant read your article as its only for people who paid for subscrition, feel free to paste here what is said in the article.

the above is the most foolish thing i have read today by some yeye ritualist and their nonsense mindset. but hey, you are entitled to your opinion just as i am entitled to mine.... and i can tell you that what you are claiming is utter rubbish from a very deranged person. so now from demonic attack, you are claiming you can use that same demonic force to ask people to pay you?! people thinking like you do, are the same one who do ritual killing to get rich...BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
***spit on floor***

IF ANYONE BELIEVES THAT WITCHCRAFT CAN MAKE YOU RICH; WITCHCRAFT CAN MAKE YOU HEALTHY; THAT WITCHCRAFT CAN MAKE PEOPLE DO WHAT YOU DESIRE; THEN YOU SIR ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS!
I'll make two replies to your post: one about your insults and the other is the article you asked me to post cos you don't have subscription with the site.
You've called me a ritualist and deranged despite the fact that you have no proof and I never insulted you. Seems you have to learn the hard way.
Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 12:36pm On Jun 08
Auki:


Do not respond to ignorance. He deserves no response at all until he changes another topic.
I'll be glad if some people here don't respond to me at all. It won't be easy for those who make it their business to insult me here without a good reason. I'm not the type that forgives without a sincere apology. And sometimes, even an apology won't work with me. So, just mind your business, I'll mind mine, and we'll be fine.
Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 12:30pm On Jun 08
Auki:

Do not respond to ignorance. He deserves no response at all until he changes another topic.
I'll be very glad if some people here don't respond to me at all. But I'll sure as hell discipline those who insult me without justification until they are afraid of even replying to me.
Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 12:27pm On Jun 08
Bigman25:
I am using a small phone. Reaching you through email will not be easy for me. If you don't mind, this is my phone number sir: zero9zero7311989one
Sorry, you'll have to email me.
Religion / Re: Did The Qur’an Copy The Bible’s Violence? by DuaWorrior: 9:01pm On Jun 07
MightySparrow:



Beautiful you. You don't need to curse. Just tell your people to stop insulting Christians and Christian faith. To some decent people like you, accept my apology.


To those errant idiots, there is no way they will not attract mudslinging to you people.

They should just come here and preach the beauty of Islam. I have Muslims as well in my family. We live together peacefully and respectfully.

Antichristian, AbuTwins and few others love to throw jabs at us. Please tell them, they are your brothers. They should respect us and our religion.

Again, to all decent Muslims on Nairaland, accept my apology
Apology accepted. I reverse my curse, and my Allah rectify your affairs. Have wonderful night.

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Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 8:58pm On Jun 07
Bigman25:
asalamu allaikum. Please can I have
your phone number? there is
something I want to discuss with you
sir.
Wa alaikum salam. You can contact me by email: naturallysupernatural44@gmail.com
Religion / Re: Very Important Question For Muslims by DuaWorrior: 8:54pm On Jun 07
bigwig071:
see the rate of your stupidity tell me one Muhammad prophecy? The only miracle he did was to penetrate an innocent six year old girl. From now on you and your miserable family will be falling in everything and you will be experiencing abject poverty all the rest of this your life.... for your information I serve a living God who created heaven and earth he is my protector.
Over time, we'll see if you continue to post this bullshit when you learn your lesson the hard way.
Religion / Re: Jesus And Black Magic! by DuaWorrior: 8:52pm On Jun 07
MindHacker9009:


Jesus is not in the Torah and I'm not slandering God's messenger, but it's you accepting Jesus as God's messenger that won't escape punishment for long unless you repent.
You seem to pretend to quote me, but these last two lines in your quote isn't from me. If you do not remove them, I'll invoke Allah's punishment upon you for lying against me by claiming that I made that statement. I'll check back tomorrow to see if you've removed them. Then you'll be taught a lesson if you fail to correct your wrong against me.
Religion / Re: Did The Qur’an Copy The Bible’s Violence? by DuaWorrior: 8:46pm On Jun 07
AntiChristian:

Thanks so much. I am trying but this holy spirit filled people will always step on my legs with abuse all the time!
May Allah help us against his enemies and our enemies. I understand the level of Islamophobia on Nairaland is frightening. Makes me wonder whether the religion section is only for Christians. You'd read 10 insults against Muslims before you read one against Christians. This tells who the aggressors are. But we must always remember that there are peace loving and respectable Christians on the forum too. I've seen a lot of their civilized arguments, even though they are mostly wrong. Just remember these Christians who debate in a civilized manner whenever you want to reply to an inflammatory statement by one of the low IQ lots on here.

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