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thumb|St. Guy Heals a Possessed Man (1474)

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Christianity
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheran Churches
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Sikhism
Taoism and Chinese folk religion
Scientific view
Exorcism and mental illness
United Kingdom
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Notable exorcisms and exorcists in history
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thumb|St. Guy Heals a Possessed Man (1474)

Exorcism () is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, Djinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power. The practice is ancient and part of the belief system of many cultures and religions.