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Recent Examples of exorcism
Her latest paintings follow an equally performative process in the service of exploring modern-day exorcisms.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent years, exorcisms have been on the rise worldwide, including among evangelical Christians whose churches don’t have the strict hierarchies and rules of the Catholic Church.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Social media posts from Anderson and Coleman were replete with references to exorcism and demonic possession in the days leading up to Cairo’s death.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent years, exorcisms have been on the rise worldwide, including among evangelical Christians whose churches don’t have the strict hierarchies and rules of the Catholic Church.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Social media posts from Anderson and Coleman were replete with references to exorcism and demonic possession in the days leading up to Cairo’s death.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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From the business of witchcraft on Etsy to the grim—and lucrative—reality of catastrophe bonds, our journalists have covered some disconcerting subjects in the past year.Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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He was tried for witchcraft, found guilty, and burnt at the stake.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sam uses her sorcery to help advance her husband’s career and for chores around the house.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The lack of weight here helps enormously, of course—and this is the sorcery behind how the Spring manages 140 miles per charge on such a tiny battery.Jeremy White, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
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Part of my aversion arises from my own hidebound premodern Calvinist outlook, in which death is no laughing matter and necromancy is forbidden by God (see Deuteronomy 18:9-13).Barton Swaim, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
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So yellow is yellow was was air and Lilia divination trial, and orange was Alice in the fire trial.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Once again, the breakdown goes as follows: Lilia (Patti Lupone) wants to regain her divination skills, Alice (Ali Ahn) wants to find out what happened to her mother, and Jennifer (Sasheer Zamata) wants to reclaim her magic, which has been bound for some as of yet untold reason.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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That means a lack of clarity, lower-quality textures, missing lighting effects, and artifacts around characters as reconstruction wizardry fails to keep up.Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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Zoe passes the time by interrogating Chase about his money, prompted by Morgan Bote’s vocal interest in Chase’s financial wizardry.Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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There’s also a glimpse of Billy, Lilia and Jen channeling iconic Disney heroes and villains, plus requisite flashbacks to Agatha and Rio’s days of Salem witchery.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
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For the fashion week show, Ganni plans to create a little magic — in the theme of witchery that is — all while spelling out its message.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
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To learn more about superstition, check out my new book about the science of magic.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Death Becomes Her, the new musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy fantasy film, worked up some Broadway magic in its second week since beginning performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, grossing an impressive $1,073,018 for seven previews and filling 98% of the venue’s seats.Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Exorcism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcism. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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