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==Second exorcism== | ==Second exorcism== | ||
[[File:Haizmann-Devil.jpg|400px|thumb|Painting of the true form of the Devil as encountered by Christoph Haizmann in 1668. This is a copy of the original painting by an unknown artist]] | [[File:Haizmann-Devil.jpg|400px|thumb|Painting of the true form of the Devil as encountered by Christoph Haizmann in 1668. This is a copy of the original painting by an unknown artist]] | ||
Christoph returned to Mariazell in May 1678 and requested another exorcism to retrieve the original pact, the one written in black ink, from the Devil. As before, the church fathers led him in prayer at the altar, and he successfully retrieved his pact. | Christoph returned to Mariazell in May 1678 and requested another exorcism to retrieve the original pact, the one written in black ink, from the Devil. As before, the church fathers led him in prayer at the altar, and he successfully retrieved his pact on May 9th. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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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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