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==First exorcism== | ==First exorcism== | ||
[[File:Haizmann-Pact.jpg|400px|thumb|Copy of the diabolical pact signed by Christoph Haizmann in 1669. The original was written in blood, this is a copy made by the local archivist in 1714]] | [[File:Haizmann-Pact.jpg|400px|thumb|Copy of the diabolical pact signed by Christoph Haizmann in 1669. The original was written in blood, this is a copy made by the local archivist in 1714]] | ||
Nine years after the signing of his first pact, Christoph again fell into a deep depression. He was remorseful for having turned to the Devil for assistance and wanted to find a way to break the pact before it came to term. On August 29th, 1677, he entered the church in Pottenbrunn and had a complete nervous breakdown. His entire body was wracked with spasms and seizures, and he was inconsolable. | Nine years after the signing of his first pact, Christoph again fell into a deep depression. He was remorseful for having turned to [[the Devil]] for assistance and wanted to find a way to break the pact before it came to term. On August 29th, 1677, he entered the church in Pottenbrunn and had a complete nervous breakdown. His entire body was wracked with spasms and seizures, and he was inconsolable. | ||
The parish priest, Leopold Braun, examined him and described him as “a wretched man, destitute of all help.” Three days later, Father Braun arranged for Christoph to travel to the nearby city of Mariazell, where there was a prominent shrine to the Virgin Mary. He arrived at the Basilica of the Mariä Geburt on September 5th, and showed the letter explaining his condition to the church fathers. They immediately brought him to the shrine of the Saint Mary, featuring a miraculous wooden relic of the Mother of God, located at the church altar. | The parish priest, Leopold Braun, examined him and described him as “a wretched man, destitute of all help.” Three days later, Father Braun arranged for Christoph to travel to the nearby city of Mariazell, where there was a prominent shrine to the Virgin Mary. He arrived at the Basilica of the Mariä Geburt on September 5th, and showed the letter explaining his condition to the church fathers. They immediately brought him to the shrine of the Saint Mary, featuring a miraculous wooden relic of the Mother of God, located at the church altar. | ||
The exorcism lasted three days, but was deemed successful when Christoph confronted the Devil in the church and retrieved his second pact, the one signed in blood. | The [[exorcist|exorcism]] lasted three days, but was deemed successful when Christoph confronted the Devil in the church and retrieved his second pact, the one signed in blood. | ||
He moved to Vienna and resumed work as a painter, creating a series of illustrations depicting his exorcism experience and the various forms the Devil had taken when appearing to him. However, he was still plagued by [[demon]]ic attacks and visions from holy figures such as [[Jesus Christ]], who were telling him to join a monastery and lead | He moved to Vienna and resumed work as a painter, creating a series of illustrations depicting his exorcism experience and the various forms the Devil had taken when appearing to him. However, he was still plagued by [[demon]]ic attacks and visions from holy figures such as [[Jesus Christ]], who were telling him to join a monastery and lead a humble life. | ||
==Second exorcism== | ==Second exorcism== | ||
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==Scholarship== | ==Scholarship== | ||
Fourteen years later, a church historian | Fourteen years later, a church historian gathered the items related to the exorcism and put them into a single file in the church archives. Copies were made of the original pacts and placed in the file. The historian also arranged for a painter to produce exact copies of Christoph's paintings of the exorcism and the forms of the devil. The originals have since disappeared, and were possibly too damaged to save, hence the reason they were copied. | ||
===Freud=== | ===Freud=== | ||
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