Anneliese was born on September 21, 1952 in Leiblfing, Bavaria. Anneliese Michel grew up in the small town of Klingenberg am Main in Bavaria. Her father ran a sawmill. Her parents were devout Catholics, and she slowly to become a man of deep religious convictions.
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in 1968, Anneliese suffered during the first night of the invasion of unusual, her body suddenly became rigid, great weight in her chest, paralyzed, unable to speak. Soon she was diagnosed with epilepsy at the Wurzburg psychiatric clinic, although the latest autopsy report pointed out that, including the microscopic study of the brain, did not show any changes or damage to epilepsy. The girl was then sent to a psychiatric hospital in Mittleberg, where she stayed for about a year. In the fall of 1970 Anneliese returned to middle school, and was able to attend Wurzburg University.
In the autumn of 1970, when the young people of the world enjoyed the time of magnanimity and freedom, Anneliese was being attacked by evil forces. During her daily prayers she suddenly saw a demonic face. And began to have voices following her, saying that Anneliese would be "boiled in hell", which seemed to have no other explanation. She only mentioned the "devil" to the doctor once, and she explained that they started ordering her. In addition, drug treatment has no effect on her problems, and long-term drugs proved to be unsuccessful, and her depression is getting worse. The doctor seemed unable to help, and Anneliese lost hope that medicine could cure her.
In the summer of 1973, her parents visited various pastors to request exorcism. Their request was rejected and it was agreed that Anneliese, now 20 years old, should continue medical treatment and treatment. They explained that the Roman Church has strictly defined Infestation, and that until all phenomena appear, the bishop will never approve exorcism. These include anti-Christian behavior, speaking in a language that has never been learned, and supernatural phenomena.
Exorcism
In 1974, after Anneliese was observed for a period of time, Pastor Ernst Alt asked the bishop of Würzburg for a certificate to perform an exorcism ceremony. The request was rejected, and it was recommended that if Anneliese were to rest in peace, she should live a religious-centric life. But the devil's attacks have not decreased, and her behavior has become even weirder. In her ancestral house in Klingenberg, she insulted, beaten, and began to bite other members of her family. She went on a hunger strike because the demons would not allow it. She slept on the stone floor, ate spiders, flies, and coal, and even started to drink her own urine. When the crucifix was broken, the painting of Jesus was destroyed, and the rosary was torn apart, screams could be heard for hours outside her room. When Anneliese started to mutilate herself, tearing her clothes and urinating on the floor became common.
In September 1975, when all the phenomena were confirmed, the Bishop of Würzburg, Josef Stangl, ordered Father Arnold Renz and Ernst Alt to perform the "Great Exorcism Ceremony" for Anneliese Michel. It was later determined that Anneliese was mainly composed of several demons, including Lucifer (Satan), Judas Iscariot, Nero, Cain, Hitler, and Fleischmann, a notorious Frankish priest in the 16th century, and other manifestations through her body. soul. All those demons caused Anneliese to be tortured, causing her to harm her body and mentally persuade her to be abandoned by God. Interestingly, they usually only become active in exorcism rituals, but they stop at daily activities such as attending a school or meeting with friends, when she has a feeling of depression. In fact, during the evil spirit rune, Anneliese was awake to every painful experience, but the evil spirit controlled her body. Once when she recovered to herself, she talked about her suffering to save other people's souls from hell.
From September 1975 to July 1976, exorcism rituals were held twice a week. Anneliese's attacks are sometimes so powerful that she must be held down by three people, even bound with chains. During this period, Anneliese found that some life had returned to normal. So she can go to school, take the final exam at Würzburg College, and go to church again.
The attack, however, did not stop. In fact, she often finds herself paralyzed and fainted more unconsciously than before. The exorcism lasted for several months, always with the same prayers and spells. Sometimes family visitors \\\"discover" the exorcism ritual in progress. For several weeks, Anneliese refused all food. Due to her constant and vigorous kneeling 600 times a day during the exorcism (self-harm), her knees shattered. In order to preserve the details, 40 cassette tapes were used to record the whole process.
The last exorcism time was on June 30, 1976, when Anneliese contracted pneumonia. She is now skinny and has a high fever. Can't self-harm at all. Anneliese finally said to her mother, "Mom, I am afraid." Anna Michel (mother) recorded her daughter's death the next day. At noon on July 1, 1976, Pastor Ernst Alt notified the authorities. The prosecutor immediately began an investigation.
Court hearing
prior to deployment soon in these last events, William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" (1974) came to the theater in Germany, brought a supernatural boom. Psychiatrists everywhere in Europe report that their patients have increased their spiritual thoughts. The prosecutor needs more than two years for Annaliese's unusual case to be accounted to the court. Anneliese's parents and two exorcists were accused of negligence and led to death. The "Klingenberg case" will be judged on two issues: What caused Anneliese Michel's death, and who was responsible? The
court finally decided, "Anneliese's death was caused by starvation and lack of water." Experts claimed that Anneliese's life would be saved if forced feeding were started one week before her death. One of the sisters told the court that Anneliese did not want to go to a mental hospital and be forced to eat. The exorcist tried to prove the existence of the evil spirit, playing one of the tapes of the dialogue in the exorcism ceremony in the hall, it was like a dialogue between two evil spirits. One of the evil spirits called himself Hitler, and the evil spirit who spoke in a Frankish accent (Hitler was born in Austria). None of the people present had doubts about the authenticity of these demons during that period.
The psychiatrist, who was ordered by the court to testify, explained with "Doctrinaire Induction". They said that the priest provided Anneliese with content about her mental illness. They claimed that she should be the result of her demon possession. The doctors also provide, Anneliese’s irregular sexual development,
The result of the trial was not as harsh as they expected. Anneliese's parents, and the exorcist, were convicted of negligence in caring for the sick and led to death. They were sentenced to 6 months in prison. The verdict includes accusations that the girl’s needs should be taken care of by medication. Instead, they used an ignorant trick to make Anneliese's already bad situation nearly worse.
Afterwards
Commission of the German Bishops' Conference later claimed, Anneliese Michel was not possessed by demons, however, this did not keep believers to support her struggle, and because many people believe that Anneliese's body did not rest in peace. Her body was excavated 11 times within half a year after being buried, only to confirm that it would decay under normal conditions.
Today, her grave becomes a place of pilgrimage for those who believe that Anneliese Michel bravely fights the demons.
An important topic, before the exorcism until the end. Anneliese has been taking drugs that are prescribed by doctors to treat mental illness with strong potency. The following is based on F. Goodman's research data and lists her medication schedule.
After her third seizure in June 1970, during her stay in the mental hospital, the girl's first medicine was an unknown Anticonvulsant. This didn't work on her epilepsy; she still looked at the terrible devil face at different times..
In September 1972, Dr Lumlthy gave her Zentropil, which can cause serious side effects on the central nervous system - others , Insomnia and headache. It also caused brain cells to lose sodium, making her numb to people and things around her. At the same time, seeing that conventional medical treatment did not help, because there was no slight improvement at all. And she believed more and more that her illness was caused by evil spirits, and she asked the church to perform exorcism. At that time, she refused medical help. She also took another Anticonvulsant drug, Aloept (periciazin), which lowered the exhaust door of the nervous system.
November 1973. Anneliese started taking Tegretol (Carbamazepin). According to the physician's desk reference book, this medicine should not be given to women of childbearing age due to its dangerous effect on red blood cells. Anneliese took the drug frequently shortly before her death until when she couldn't swallow anything.
Anneliese's request for exorcism was finally approved by the church in September 1975; the weekly Roman exorcism ceremony began.
July 1, 1976, as Anneliese had predicted, that day was her liberation, and she left in a deep sleep at midnight. According to her, the evil spirits left her with the scriptures, and she stopped angering. Tired but quiet, she finally fell asleep and then stopped waking up. According to the physician's desk reference book, stopping taking Tegretol can cause mental confusion, epilepsy, high fever and Hypoxemia (lack of oxygen in the blood). Anneliese had all these symptoms, raising another theory that the cause of death was suffocation. This fact is clearly opposed to the theory accepted by the court.
It seems that the devil really exists, so you should know it yourself.
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