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Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

 

This frail lady is paralysed from the waist down. She lives in a small hut with holes in the roof and having no electricity it is always very dark inside her home. When it rains water flows inside the house. The only furniture she has is a chair and a beautiful image of Jesus Christ that she bought on credit.

She is neglected by her husband and because she is paralysed she is condemned to stay at home day and night in the dark. Now she is convinced that she is possessed by duwendes/duendes (dwarfs) and she hears them all the time playing in her house and making fun of her.

She confessed to me that she is so exhausted and desperate that she just wants to die.

Duwendes are a kind of dwarfs (Spanish: duende "golbin, elf, charm"). They are little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. In the Philippines, duwendes frequently live in houses, in trees, underground, termite like mounds or hills, and in rural areas. They are known to be either good or mischievous, depending on how homeowners treat them. They usually come out at 12 noon for an hour and during the night. Filipinos always mutter words "tabi-tabi po" asking them to excuse themselves for bothering the duwendes. Filipinos sometimes leave food on the floor, so that the duwende residing (or guarding) the house so as not to anger them. They are also said to take your belongings and laugh at you when attempting to find them back. However they give the items back when they feel like it or when asked nicely to give them back.

Master Anos decided to go to her house and chase the dwendes away.

(Source:wikipedia)

My friend Dennis Villegas who was with me is making a documentary movie about Master Anos and he agreed to share a short movie clip with us. I really recommend you to watch this short video.

 

Master Anos.

The Exorcist. 

This is again the terminally ill patient we met on our first day in Camarines Sur. Master Anos decided, in consultation with the patient's family, to offer two white pigeons to God. Their throats were cut and the blood was smeared all over the body of the old man. Then the pigeons were grilled and burned to ashes. This was probably the creepiest part I have seen during Master Anos’ exorcisms. 

 

 

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

All day long Master Anos performed exorcisms which made me quite depressed hearing the problems of all the people who were seeking help from Master Anos.

Jenefer is a graduate of Camarines Norte State College and has an atrial septal defect (two holes in her heart) which requires an open heart surgery. The operation costs about 150,000 Php but the total bill would amount to more than 800,000 Php in total. Money she does not have and is unable to raise. That is why she decided to visit Master Anos to get cured as a last resort. I could see that she was quite sceptic about the whole exorcism idea but she had no other alternatives left. Master Anos is her only remaining hope to get cured. 

 

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

 

The next morning Master Anos was already worshiping the sun with all his patients and followers when we arrived.

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

 

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

My friend Dennis Villegas and I decided to follow Master Anos on one of his healing missions in Camarines Norte. We found him in a small barangay on the road to Daet. He was in the house of a terminal ill cancer patient performing his standard exorcism. Traditional doctors had told the family of the patient that they couldn’t do anything more since the tumour had already spread all over his body. Master Anos was his last hope for survival. But Master Anos told us again that all illnesses, even cancer, are caused by evil spirits or the devil. As such Master Amos was confident that he could cure the patient after several sessions of exorcism.

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

Difficult to see... but there should be smoke coming out of the nail... together with the bad spirit.

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

 

 

Catholic Church needs exorcists

By TODD VENEZIA

Last Updated: November 13, 2010

The Roman Catholic Church is looking for a few good men -- to battle Satan.The church in the US has become so short of priests who know how to perform an exorcism that it began an emergency two-day meeting yesterday to teach clerics how to properly cast out demons.

A group of 56 bishops and 66 priests -- including an assistant to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan -- have gathered in Baltimore for the Conference on the Liturgical and Pastoral Practice of Exorcism. The mystical meeting was focused on a lot more than just dodging green vomit and stopping heads from spinning.

"Learning the liturgical rite is not difficult," said Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, archbishop of Houston, who is attending the conference. "The problem is the discernment that the exorcist needs before he would ever attempt the rite."The number of US clerics who know how to do an exorcism has dropped dramatically in recent years, ever since the holy procedure became a laughingstock thanks to Linda Blair's head-spinning performance as a possessed girl in the 1973 film "The Exorcist."The situation has gotten so hellacious that only five or six priests are left in the country with the knowledge to properly carry out an exorcism, the Catholic News Service reported.But with numerous Catholic immigrants coming to the Uinited States from nations where exorcisms are taken seriously, the church's handful of exorcists are being overwhelmed."There's this small group of priests who say they get requests from all over the continental US," Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki told the Catholic News Service.And though some non-Catholics may snicker, exorcisms are an important church rite.

Pope John Paul II is said to have performed one, and the Bible talks of Jesus casting out demons."We don't think that's poetic metaphor," Paprocki said.It can be hard to know who really needs an exorcism. The US church gets about 400 inquiries a year for the religious rite, but only two or three are performed, according to a book by Catholic writer Neal Lozano.New York's Father Dennis McManus, an assistant to Archbishop Dolan, is expected to speak at the conference, which started yesterday and ends today. The New York archdiocese did not respond to questions about what McManus will say, but according to the Catholic News Service, he likely will be discussing how to tell if someone is possessed by a demon.

Before any exorcism can take place, a priest must look for the telltale signs, such as a violent reaction to holy water, super strength, aversion to the name of Jesus or Mary and speaking in tongues.Also, the possibly possessed person must be checked out by a psychologist to make sure they are not mentally ill before a bishop will allow an exorcism to proceed.Once an exorcism is initiated, the priest will try to drive the demon out of the possessed person by sprinkling holy water, reciting psalms and laying on hands.

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 Source: New York Post

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

This man is possessed by the spirit of his uncle Romeo Britanico.

Exorcism in the Philippines as seen on the news.

 

Master Anos.

The Exorcist.

“Then having summoned the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all the devils and to cure diseases.”  Lk 9: 1-2 

A National Geographic video:

A Philippine mother believes her young son is possessed and seeks an exorcist.