Spiritual Possession and Its Role in My life

Protect Yourself, Your Family...

  ...and in particular, your children - by joining me in creating new legislation against spiritual possession. My story begins in 1973 I grew up without any religious credo. Nor did I belong to any organized church. However, the fact that my Father was a Buddhist philosopher awakened in me the desire to search for the Dalai Lama. Inadvertently I was taken instead to a Catholic Church near Rome, Italy where I was introduced to the charismatic priest Friar G., successor the Padre Pio who was pronounced a Saint by Pop Paul II - both were supposed to have the stigmata (the bleeding wounds of the crucified Christ), Through Friar G. that I was introduced to the ecstasy of divine love. But this love for God ended in the total crippling of my body! From that day forward, I became a victim. My life was brutally taken from me. Despite my pleas, and my desperate attempts to free myself from this priest, he continues to torment my life. I have had an Exorcist confirm it; I have informed the Vatican, and yet, I still suffer.

One of the letters

January 12, 2000

His Holiness Paul II
Apostolic Palace 00120
Vatican City Europe
Rome Italy

Most Gracious Holy Father,

I have written to Your Holiness on three separate occasions. And now I would like to bring your attention that if Friar G does not cease abusing me, I will be forced to hire an Attorney for the purpose of publicly denouncing the Vatican of spiritual possession. Therefore, I would suggest that this problem be taken seriously and that finally Friar G be made to stop abusing me once and for all and that he also be submitted for psychoanalysis.

To refresh you about the previous letters, Friar G. in his intention to create a miracle for the purpose of becoming a famous Saint, transferred to my body, the sickness of a paralyzed man named Paolo, without my consent. All the terrible symptoms of paralysis were then transferred to my body. I could hardly walk, and my brain was reduced to a nearly vegetative state. Every day, every moment of my life was afflicted with different symptoms; such as rapid heart acceleration, constant muscle pulsation and over heated feet. In addition, my daily biological functions were completely thrown off balance, along with my hormonal and sexual system. Friar G. reduced me to a container as his depository for the sicknesses of others.

Recently I went to some of the best Doctors in New York, who conducted all sorts of tests, using the latest medical technology in order to find the cause for my short breath, palpitations of the heart, as well as the pain in my lungs—all together create great fatigue and pain in my feet. They checked my heart, lungs, and stomach, but to no effect. I could not quite tell the doctors that I am possessed by a certain Holy Man who wants, at my expense, to create a miracle for his own glory, while avowing this to be God’s work.

Therefore, with all this Medical documentation as my aid, I am ready to take Legal Action, if the Vatican does not stop him.

Sincerely yours

Maria Ferrara

To read the response I received, click here. I have scanned the actual letter and uploaded it to this very web site for you to see.

With due respect for religious freedom, I think that we should protect ourselves if this freedom does more harm than good. Therefore, creating new legislation against spiritual possession is of the utmost importance.

The Need For Sexual Harrassment Laws

I am sure that you are already familiar with the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, regarding sexual harassment laws. I took a very personal interest in this decision, as I too suffer from harassment, but it isn’t sexual in nature. Harassment can take many forms, but whatever its form, its effect is always harmful; the victim is violated and the victimizer often goes unpunished. The harassment I want to address is often difficult to define precisely, but not all that is invisible is necessarily a non-truth. What I refer to is spiritual harassment which also includes sexual and psychological abuse and is based on brainwashing - or if you will - possession. If it were not for my true-life story, I would not be here making this impassioned plea to you. I am not alone in this phenomenon of spiritual harassment, based on possession. People all over the world continue to suffer from this exploitation and even die from it.

Finally, at the beginning of the third millennium, the news media is extensively reporting on the serious problem of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, which for a long time has adopted a policy of maintaining secrecy in its dioceses.

Over the last two decades, dioceses have reached more than 1,000 secret settlements in cases involving sexual abuse by priests- many of them sealed - totaling almost one billion dollars. Furthermore, Pope John II has ordered that the tribunals for clergymen accused of child molestation be held in secret and that they be overseen directly from Rome. Obviously, the Roman Catholic Church is trying to protect potential perpetrators, rather than the innocent victims. In decades past, priests accused of pedophilia were allowed to go to confession, get counseling and be transferred to other parishes, where they found new victims.

The victims were often altar boys. A common scenario for engaging them consisted in theological brainwashing that would illustrate to the boys that the conjunction of two bodies, namely that of the priest with that of the altar boy, would be an ideal way to reach unity with Jesus.

Archbishop Milonga

On May 27, 2001, Archbishop Milonga was blessed in marriage by the Reverend Moon. He declared that God has shown him that the intimate union between man and woman is a true reflection of the Holy Trinity. He expressed his sadness that the celibate vows of the Clergy are leading to defilement, including unnatural lust, illegitimate children and other secret horrors. The increase of child molestation, homosexuality and pregnancy among priests and nuns has become common knowledge, because satanic blood has flowed into God’s Church. Archbishop Milonga prays day and night to purify the spirit of the Church and separate it from Satan. In the meantime, the Church is praying for Archbishop Milonga, who they believe is possessed by the Devil.

Those Soldiers Of God

Even though freedom of expression is given to all religions, as is freedom for democratic expression, there would still be justice for anyone crossing the line and offending the freedom of democracy. This recently happened when fanatical Muslims, the so-called “Soldiers of God” killed 3000 people by attacking the twin towers in New York.

The offended democracy rightly declared war against the extremist Muslims of the Taliban. For diplomatic reasons it is not a war for human rights and democratic dignity, but is called “The War Against Evil.” What is evil? What do we mean by evil?

Why do we not courageously face the truth and recognize that all religions and ideologies are based on an ambitious overpowering of the world, thereby ending in evil? And as usual, some poor people were enlisted for suicidal attacks by being lured with the promise of compensation from God for dying for a just cause.

The search for truth can only lead one to confirm in what terrible ways religious beliefs have become more important than human beings. Certain religious teachings contain resources in encouraging their followers to make violence or to be involved in radical fundamentalist movements. Even the scriptures of some religions tell their followers that killing non-believers will take them to heaven. Still others teach their followers to fear other faiths. Christians try to convert Muslims and Jews to Christianity and vice versa.

Shouldn’t we teach in schools the history of all religions rather than religious indoctrination? Isn’t it time to protect innocent people with a new legislation when the freedom given to all religions goes so far as to manipulate young people to the extent of reducing them to a state of such unconscious acts as becoming executors of the dictatorial will to exterminate non-believers even with their own life? Shouldn’t that be opposed tooth and nail?

This is an example of how far fanatical believers of all religions and ideologies will go, as well as how easy it is to be brainwashed or possessed in the name of God or any ideology in which innocent people lose their lives. A 16 year-old, John Walker, who was innocently searching for spirituality, was totally brainwashed into becoming a fanatical Muslim and joining the Osama bin Laden camp. Today, he is a prisoner and is judged as a traitor to his own country, America. But he, for one, still maintains that his heart remains with the Taliban, and that he feels very sorry for them. Instead of pursuing his path of spirituality, his innocence led him to be so radically manipulated as to become incurable today. He can no more distinguish what is right from what is wrong. He has become someone else’s puppet.

The Dangerous Cults

It is also well-known that all religions, particularly cults, try to recruit young and naïve people in places like schools and universities. Once they get these young people to attend their centers or churches the brainwashing begins. People are separated from their families and friends and become inducted into the beliefs of the cult, and to bind them completely, are made to feel guilty about their unknown sins. At this point, they have completely lost their own will and have fallen into emotional turmoil.

They are brainwashed to go against their own families to such an extent that they even reject the idea of ever returning home. Cult leaders tell their disciples that their parents, spouses and siblings are very evil, and are even capable of committing murder. In reality, they are kidnapped and whenever the parents try to recover them and bring them back home, it is the parents who are accused of being kidnappers of their own children. They even risk penalty or prison by the laws that protect the freedom of religious expression.

Yet these laws do not take into consideration that religious choice is a consequence of brain manipulation. This permits cult leaders to treat their victims as slaves, who are forced to “redeem” themselves from guilt, and with promises of future reward direct from God, thereby allowing the leaders to exploit them in any manner they want. They induce them to work very hard for the cult. The work may take any number of forms, like cleaning, cooking and washing for the cult without giving them any time to think for themselves. Any manifestation of individuality is stamped out.

I urge people to take this problem seriously and realize how these cults are misleading individuals and taking away so many young lives. This is something that can happen to any one of us. Isn’t it time we exposed this most insidious and cruel form of abuse and propose laws similar to those protecting victims of sexual abuse, since there are no laws against spiritual possession, which in fact subsumes sexual exploitation. Often these spiritual leaders have sexually abused their disciples by convincing them that this was necessary for their own salvation. Naturally, salvation was only possible through sex with them. In the book, Seductive Poison, one of Jim Jones’ leader of the cult in Guyana where more than 900 people died surviving disciples described her private meetings with her spiritual father and savior. "He pushed his heavy body onto mine and while embracing and caressing my legs and rubbing my stomach, he softly whispered, “I'm doing this for you…. to help you. I want you to appreciate yourself more." Even more, she was sixteen.

Spiritual Possession

Spiritual Possessors are potential killers just as sexual abusers are, if not worse, because spiritual molestation is not recognized in our courts. Innocent people become engulfed, and are unable to stop themselves. The use of arms and domestic violence are adjudicated under State and Federal laws, however, there is no legislative protection for the spiritual and religious abuses of one’s individuals rights. Spiritual and sexual abuse under the guise of religion is a taboo subject. Everyone is afraid to touch what is Sacred, even if what is Sacred is morally incorrect.

When we talk about possession within the Catholic Church, even the police hesitate to investigate. Perhaps today, after the tragedy of Sept.11, this problem will be viewed more seriously not only in cases of mass carnage when finally terrorists of holy war are severely judged for their destructive acts, but also in those innumerable cases throughout history in which individuals have been singly sacrificed by various fanatical believers of the same holy motivation. Should there not be an equal application of the law.

Now that the third Millennium has come, we can expect ever more to see new prophets purporting to rescue us from darkness, but instead end up killing innocent people in the name of God. Inevitably, they will model themselves after God or Jesus, voicing apocalyptic threats about the end of the world, and offering visions of a Promised Land. Many strange new cults formed in the name of God are constantly appearing. These fraudulent operations have two goals: to rob their adherents of their money and their spirit.

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