Exorcism

Exorcism
Sam Winchester (Supernatural) removes Gadreel from his body
Power/Ability to:	Evict possessing entities.

The power to evict possessing entities. Sub-power of Banishment. Opposite to Possession.

Also Called

• Demonic Exorcism
• Dispossession
• Foreign Spirit Removal
• Possession/Possessive Separation
• Spiritual Banishment

Capabilities

The user can forcibly remove possessing entities (ghosts, demons, etc.) from the body, object or the location they are possessing/haunting.

Applications

• Ejecting a possessing entity from a person, object or location.
• Banishment of the entity back to its place of origin, or to the afterlife in the case of ghosts.

Associations

• Exorcism Immunity
• Life-Force Extraction
• Paranormal Expertise
• Phantasm Manipulation
• Possession Transferal
• Sanctification
• Soul Manipulation
• Spell Casting
• Spirit Magic
• Supernatural Priest Physiology
• Supernatural Shrine Maiden Physiology

Limitations

• Some entities may be harder to exorcise than others, if not altogether unexorcisable.
  • An entity that is exorcised in a similar way multiple times may end up developing resistance/immunity to that particular method.
  • An entity that is exorcised may try to possess a new host when exorcised, possibly even the exorcist themselves if they do not have adequate protection against possession.
• Some exorcisms may require certain items to work, such as ingredients to a spell.
• Exorcism may be painful or even fatal for the possessed.
• People possessed by entities may need to have the exorcism done depending on the culture of what the entity is. Such as using Japanese culture to banish Japanese spirits.
• Self-exorcism is usually impossible.

Known Users

• Devlin Waugh (2000 AD)
• Exorcists (Ao no Exorcist)
• Maori Kasuga (Arcana Heart)
  • The Kasuga Clan; via The Kasuga Demon Exorcism Style
• Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 series)
• Uryū Ishida (Bleach)
• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Lena Duchannes (Caster Chronicles)
• The Charmed Ones (Charmed); via Spell Casting
• Jesus Christ (Christianity)
• John Constantine (Constantine)
• Allen Walker (D.Gray-Man)
• Exorcists (D.Gray-Man)
• Lindo Tachibana (Dance with Devils)
• Azuna Kuzuha (Dance with Devils)
• Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Wulf (Danny Phantom)
• John Constantine (DC Comics)
• Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
• Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
• Professor Broom (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda); via Light Arrows
• Gandalf the White (Lord of the Rings)

• Sleepwalker ("Marvel Comics")

• Talisman (Marvel Comics)
• Lala (Monster Musume)
• Elizabeth Liones (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Yato (Noragami)
• Kyle Barnes (Outcast)
• Jane Blake (The Secret Circle)
• Cogliostro (Spawn/Image Comics)
• Angels (Supernatural)
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
• Bobby Singer (Supernatural)
• Subaru Sumeragi (Tokyo Babylon)
• Miss Jeanette (True Blood)
• Faeries and part-Faeries (True Blood)
• Ultraman Cosmos (Ultraman Cosmos)
• Exorcist (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Wisp (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Eli (Xena: Warrior Princess)
• Eve (Xena: Warrior Princess)

Known Objects

• Gwen's Spellbook (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Dispossession Potions (Charmed)
• Fenton Works Technology (Danny Phantom)
  • Fenton Ghost Catcher
  • Ghost Gauntlets
• Automated Exorcism System (SCP Foundation)
• Aglaophotis (Silent Hill)
• Holy Candles (Silent Hill)
• Traveler Dagger (The Vampire Diaries)
• Anima Aucupe (Witches of East End)

Gallery

John Constantine (Constantine) is an accomplished exorcist.

Maori Kasuga (Arcana Heart) comes from a clan of exorcists

Exorcist (Valkyrie Crusade)

The Anima Aucupe (Witches of East End) rips out a possessing spirit and kills the host

Wisp (Valkyrie Crusade) is a high-ranking exorcist.

With his ghost powers, Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) is able to exorcise ghosts from objects and people, ranging from ecto-rays to physically pushing the entity out of its vessel.

Having spent years studying ghosts, Jack and Maddie Fenton (Danny Phantom) have created a vast arsenal of anti-ghost equipment designed for fighting, capturing and disposing of ghosts, including the exorcism of ghosts from objects and people.

The Fenton Ghostcatcher (Danny Phantom) is a dreamcatcher-like device capable of expelling ghosts from whatever passes through it...

...even the ghostly properties of a ghost/human hybrid.

Wulf (Danny Phantom) exorcising Walker from the mayor of Amity Park.

Gandalf the White (Lord of the Rings) casts the evil wizard Saruman out of King Theoden of Rohan.

Lala's (Monster Musume) scythe, while too dull for use against the living, can physically seperate the connection between a spirit and the living world, forcing them to move on.