{"id":86920,"date":"2026-10-05T00:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86920"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:23:54","slug":"superstition-not-objects-can-be-imbued-with-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/superstition-not-objects-can-be-imbued-with-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstition? Not. Objects Can Be Imbued With Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the great needs in the modern Church is a return to the practice of deliverance. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We’ve noted this (hopefully with respect)\u00a0 before.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Around the world, uncounted millions suffer from demonic problems that are ignored,\u00a0 misdiagnosed, or discarded as “superstitious.” Until a few years back, when Pope Francis made exorcists a virtual requirement, many dioceses didn’t have a single one.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is incredible when we remember how frequently Christ had to cast out demons (especially before He healed)\u2014and how He instructed His followers to do the same. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Satan is an angel of dark, and operates with stealth. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the time, we don’t even realize he is affecting us.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet affect us he does, often in hidden ways, and sometimes, according to experts, even through objects<\/i>. This idea dates back at least to the great scholar Origen. “He tells us that, in the Name of Jesus, we can cast out demons not only from people but from things,” noted the late Father Gabriel Amorth\u2014Rome’s official exorcist.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Those who think this is superstition<\/span> are those who have not been involved in the ministry of deliverance.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The idea is simple: good objects bring down forces that are good (statues, sacramentals) and bad ones raise a negative energy. “God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out,” notes Acts<\/span><\/i> 19:12<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If blessed objects carry holy power, the reverse is also true.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strange as it may seem\u2014especially to Catholics who have not been schooled in this\u2014demons have certain legal rights, and one is to hover over “dedicated” territory. When evil is done in a place, it is “dedicated” to the dark spirit until that spirit is broken or purged. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is why we find phenomena occurring in certain parts of the country where there were pagan rites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The same is true in our homes. <\/span>Books can carry an actual spiritual attachment, as can pictures, computer files, magazines, photographs, or anything that may have a nefarious aura.\u00a0[scroll for more:]<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n