A new version of The Exorcist is in production. Here's some of what the producers discovered while doing background research for the television drama:
Wyatt went on to say that there are a lot of people who are actually suffering from alcoholism, schizophrenia and other psychological illnesses whose families mistakenly believe that they are possessed. "But that's not the case," said Wyatt, adding of the reason the exorcists mostly stay under the radar: "They can be really hounded and chased by members of the public, so they keep to themselves."
The priest - who claimed to have never performed an exorcism himself but failed to convince the Exorcist producers as much ("We kind of thought that wasn't true, because he knew a lot about it," insisted Wyatt) - also told the team that exorcists have proliferated through the United States in recent years. Two decades ago, there was only a small fraction of priests practicing exorcisms, but the man claimed that number has "grown exponentially" in the last few years "for a number of different reasons" - reasons that Wyatt didn't specifically get into during the panel.
Another important tidbit the producers gleaned from the priest? Possessed people are participants in their own possession. "It is based purely on the idea that when you are possessed, you are allowing the demon inside. [It's] when your will has been broken, so you were very much a participant in it," said Wyatt. "People can't just get possessed for no reason. They have to open themselves up to that situation."
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Considering the content of US video games, TV shows, movies, and Internet sites, people have a lot of opportunities to open themselves up for possession. Your soul starts out as an empty vessel, and something or someone is going to fill it.
If not G-d, then it will be Satan.
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