Exorcistas alert about tendency to invent traditions with magic and esotericism

The International Exorcist Association (AIE) warned about the current tendency to invent traditions, using elements of magic and esotericism, with the intention of attracting tourism.

In an article entitled “Invention of tradition and deception of the hidden“, Published in Italian, the exorcists regret that this trend” is no longer limited to Halloween night. “

“On the occasion of equinoxes, solstices or religious and civil festivities throughout the year, more and more local governments organize magical markets, esoteric shows and events dedicated to witches and open to fortune tellers. Because the mystery is fascinating, and magic attracts tourists as honeyflies,” they explain.

In this way, the authorities, together with the media “feed suggestions and curiosities difficult to dissipate. Invention, in fact, generates economic benefits, but falsifies the history of places, building unknown narratives even for local memory.”

“This process can include more or less legendary facts and figures, as well as beliefs and superstitions: invented traditions can, therefore, give rise to new ones,” says the exorcists of the IEA.

“This invention has become fashionable with force (…) But unbridled imagination can play bad passes, and here we reach the pastoral and moral point so precious for exorcist priests,” they emphasize.

An example in Italy

The exorcists give as an example the case of the old town of Calcata, located in the province of Viterbo, a region of Lacio, a place that stands out for its natural beauty and where “all the ingredients that, as the articles and videos dedicated to this place are present, cannot stop captivating the senses and the soul of those who enter” in it.

After the Second World War this people, like many others, lost many of its inhabitants, but in the 1970s “a growing number of artists and artisans discovered this place and their ‘magic’. They opened studies and workshops in the alleys of the town, transforming it into a vast workshop of works and ideas, because art can create ‘vibrant energies’, as a recurring expression in the literature on the subject says. Books contribute to converting calcata into a popular tourist destination. ”

More mystery

The exorcistas explain that this was not enough for some and added “one more touch of mystery”, with which Calcata “quickly became the ‘people of the witches’, thanks to poorly explained legends and beliefs, so much so that ‘some say that a powerful esoteric energy emanates from the subsoil'” and that the psychic assumptions could communicate with animals like cats.

“Naturally, at the end of October, Calcata is filled with tourists and curious for Halloween. The fact that there are no historical documents that witness the presence of witches in Calcata is an absolutely secondary fact for the media story,” lament the IEA exorcists who see how the story is spread through social networks, mainly.

Exorcists warn that, although all this could develop the local economy, it is important to remember that “not even the best intentions can allow minds and hearts to be fooled.”

What does the catechism say?

In reference to divination and magic, the Catechism of the Catholic Church indicates in numeral 2117 that “all practices of magic or sorcery through which it is intended to domesticate hidden powers to put them at their service and obtain a supernatural power over the neighbor – although it is to procure health -, They are seriously contrary to the virtue of religion“.

“These practices are even more condemnable when they are accompanied by an intention to harm another, or not they resort to the intervention of demons,” says the text.