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July 11, 1997: Exorcism - Father Malachi Martin
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
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Art Bell welcomes Father Malachi Martin, the renowned Catholic priest, author, and former Jesuit who served as advisor to two popes. Fr. Martin shares the remarkable story of his journey from Ireland to the Vatican, his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the unusual arrangement by which Pope Paul VI granted him a rare priestly status outside any diocese or religious order.
The conversation turns to the nature of demonic possession, which Fr. Martin describes as a slow, staged process similar to addiction. He explains the difference between partial possession and "perfect possession," a state from which no person has ever emerged. He estimates roughly ten million Americans may be perfectly possessed, many of them occupying positions of power and influence. Fr. Martin reports that exorcism cases in the northeastern United States have increased 750 to 800 percent since 1970.
Art opens a special phone line inviting atheists and practitioners of the dark arts to interact with Fr. Martin. Callers raise questions about the nature of God, the profile of possessable individuals, and the dangers of the middle plateau where psychics and remote viewers operate. Fr. Martin warns against Ouija boards, transcendental meditation, and spiritual seances as gateways to dangerous spiritual territory.
The conversation turns to the nature of demonic possession, which Fr. Martin describes as a slow, staged process similar to addiction. He explains the difference between partial possession and "perfect possession," a state from which no person has ever emerged. He estimates roughly ten million Americans may be perfectly possessed, many of them occupying positions of power and influence. Fr. Martin reports that exorcism cases in the northeastern United States have increased 750 to 800 percent since 1970.
Art opens a special phone line inviting atheists and practitioners of the dark arts to interact with Fr. Martin. Callers raise questions about the nature of God, the profile of possessable individuals, and the dangers of the middle plateau where psychics and remote viewers operate. Fr. Martin warns against Ouija boards, transcendental meditation, and spiritual seances as gateways to dangerous spiritual territory.