(Trigger Warning: Texas, iced tea, demons)
From D Magazine in Dallas: “The Exorcists Next Door,” a profile piece on two Protestant exorcists.
Dozens of what appear to be demons manifest and depart during this day’s session. Larry coaxes out their names and functions, a veritable pantheon of entities known and obscure: Maranthia, who cuts wicked deals; Horus, Egypt’s falcon-headed god; Molech, who the Bible describes as “the detestable god of the Ammonites.”
What, the god of kings has sunk to possessing “the soft frame of a 38-year-old suburban mom we’ll call Ruth”?
Whenever I see references to the biblical Ammonites, I can never help think of the fossil cephalopods, which always puts a much more Lovecraftian spin on matters.
Heh.
Response to Peculiar: LOL!!!! Good comment. Personally I think those “demons” are really Goa’ulds (and for those of you scratching your head, it’s a Stargate reference. ::smile::)
I saw the first Stargate film, but that was in 1994, or so Wikipedia tells me, so I don’t remember the Goa’ulds. Or is that they were only in the TV series?
It’s in the series. Good premise, sometimes good execution although towards the end there they got a little off track. It’s a fun thing to watch if you just want to have fun and not anything serious.