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Abely passed the tradition down to his friend, Adam G. Kosberg ’00, currently a filmmaker in L.A. Kosberg and his group, choosing Jim Beam instead of Jack Daniels, introduced their own spin on the ritual. Using the same incantation and standing on Weeks Bridge, the group set aflame two voodoo dolls of blocking mates who had dropped out of the group last minute, as well as various remnants of old girlfriends. Kosberg and group were placed in Leverett as well. Fate? We don’t think...
When he first heard about a Vatican-sponsored course on exorcism for priests, journalist Matt Baglio was intrigued by the idea of this ancient ritual taking place in the modern world. In his new book, The Rite, Baglio follows American priest Father Gary - sent to Rome to train as an exorcist - and his apprenticeship with Father Carmine. Baglio talked to TIME about belief, skeptical priests and the particulars of the exorcism ritual. (Read "The Exorcist," one of the top 25 horror movies...
...priest supposed to figure out that an exorcism is warranted? How do they judge who is and who isn't a worthy candidate? The ritual stipulates that there are three signs that the priest has to look for: abnormal strength, the ability to understand unknown languages and the knowledge of hidden things. But they're very arbitrary, even those things. So they have to be in concert with something else. And typically what priests look for is what they call the aversion to the sacred, which is a person's inability to pray, to say the name of Jesus...
...what happens during the exorcism rite? The ritual, as its written, has several different stages to it. You say the litany of saints, you read the Gospel, you say a homily. The priest is allowed to bring in other elements if he wants to - the renewal of the baptismal vows, for example. But at the core of it are the exorcism prayers themselves, which are composed of the imperative and the depreciatory. The depreciatory involves the exorcist entreating God - "God, come down and bless this person." The imperative is the command, "I command you to leave this person...
...Harvard Hillel’s Web site states, “Speed dating is as Jewish as kugel.” And the ritual has some roots in tradition: in the ’90s, Yaacov Deyo ’85 set up “SpeedDating” events to match up single Jewish men and women in Los Angeles. According to Michael B. Pershan ’11, president of the Harvard Hillel Men’s Club, this year’s Saturday night speed dating at Hillel aimed to “give Jews a chance...