The herald., 1895-08-11

verted into the body end blood Of Jesus
! Christ. the priest trembling and bathed
| in perspration, mutters: Hoe est enim
corpus meum.' Then the goat reappears,
| maste. once more .of the earth and this
temple.
| FAN indescribable and shameful scene
ensues. From his mouth, which is con-
vulsed in an ignoble leer, protrudes
whitish tongue, emitting burning liquid.
This hideous face bends low towards the
/ priest OF iniquity, and breathing his m
| fectious breath upon him, he commands:
| Come, dog, the Hostn'
The trembling man delivers the Host.
The goat receives it in lis extended
hoof. Then he chews 1t slowly, rubbing
his back and stomach, and finally gives
free rein to his unholy Joy in wild
bacchanalian dance.
| have thee. mine old enemy, and
will hold thee and never unloose thee,
now that thy foolish pity for man has
| turned thee into flour. Thou art i'm.
prisoned by thine own will, whilst at
| my leisure will insult thee, pity thee,
thou who holdest the heavens and
| art not afraid to make thyseif as small as
this Host. Thy priest sells thee Thy
| sacrifice. instead of glorifying thee, de-
grades thes; thy miracle makes thee my
slave. The bread and wine of eternal life
causes thy mockery. Willing redeemer OF
all people. thou hast but succeeded in be-
ing crushed under my head of damna-
tion!''
Taking a chalice filed With waters in
his hands, the goat, holding up one cries
| out:
"That He may be for you all an abom-
| ination in the house of the Living God ~
| He then filings the contents of the chalice
broadcast among the faithful, who throw
themselves forward in an ecstacy CT aban-
donment. The censer falls from the pal
sAA l,o, nf H. Nd h.
gins and continues for hours.
| An eyewitness relates the following
| scene of an exorcism practced in an iso-
lated house situated on the edge of
cemetery. The influence of the dead
Magi, Vintras was believed to have been
| the controlling spirit.
In q small room, stretched on the floor
| lay three bodies in cAteleptlc sleep,
| young girl. an old priest and a man in
| the prime of life. They were enveloped
| in wires OF different thicknesses. domi-
! mated by ths action of the different fluids
I! and the possession of certain spirits.
! These wires passed through the parti-
! tion wall into another and larger roou',
| In which were three round tables and
| a larger square on, raised some three feet
| above the other and arranged as an altar.
| Upon this altar stood Cross withouts
| Christ. the statue of a nude goddess. In
| front of the cross lay the bread for the cell
| ebratIon of the mysteries, a cup contain
] ing some coagulated blood and a Kissing
| serpent inclosed in a bottle. The only
| light was that given out by two wicks
| spluttering in two vases filled with human
| fat.
] Fourteen persons were in the larger
| room seated around the small tables.
| At the invocation of one who seemed to
| be the master. the tables began 10 turn
SLOWLY at first but in few minutes in a
| mad vertigo.
| A letter from Vintras came into the
room. hovering in the air, carried bv In
| visible hands. At its appearance the
| master. taking one of the wires in his
hand, dipped it into poisonous oil, say
ing
these fluids. reveal thyself." The spirit
| appeared, floating in the bewitched at
m osphere, a misty form wrapped in grave
| clothes.
"what wouldst thou of me2 1 am
Ammond-Ra. the Pilot Of the Boat OF
order to obtain his assistance they must
! burn their accursed baptismal names and
| deliver the body of the virgin in the ad
joining room over to him.
ALL present inscribed their names on
papyrus and threw them into burning
brazier. After some incantations the
young girl. still asleep. came into the
room and mounted the table.
Then the master dipped another wire
| into the poisonous oil and commanded
the priest to come FORTH He obeyed but
tors, was a small jet of fame. He
| mounted the table. but remained mute
| and motionless. while the young girls
| body twisted and contoIted like white
snake.
The master asked: 'What ails thee,
coward?" An icy sweat rolled off the
priests face as he replied in strained
voices
"There is stranger among you, who
is invisible. am bound by his will"
"Consecrate thyself! Consecrate!"
The scene was indescribable. The ia
diving, the priest trampled the unholy
cross and sta.ue under his bare feet, the
serpent hissed, the men present were par
alyzed with fear, some falling to the
ground, others bruised by the unseen
hands, which were pounding on the walls
all around them.
Suddenly everything was quiet. Dip
ping the third wire into the poisonous oil
the master bade the young man come
forth. Vintras' letter touched the con-
Quoting wire, a circle of human blood
was traced on the altar. inside of which
the sleeping man stood.
The tables recoinmenced their mad
turning, the blows redoubIed their loud
ness, the men assembled became like cat
aleptics in the now suffocating atmos-
phere The young man stood rigid.
"Battle!' cried the master.
The man began to struggle, his contor-
tions were so terrible, his efforts so great
that blood came from his eyes, mouth
and ears, and bloody sweat bedewed
his forehead.
The priest fel! unconscious, the man
dropped exhausted, the spectators were
as dead. The master stood alone. Vim
tras' letter tioated in the air, the tables
continued their mad turning. the deaf
ening blows increased thei. clanor, the
candle fed by its human fat spluttered
and went out, the young girl whom Am
mond-Ra had possessed was dead