Sometimes an exorcism is as simple as saying "You need to leave now" and sometimes so much blood is spilled that the original ghost pales in comparison. Nothing quite compares to the rage of the recently and unexpectedly deceased.
It's not just the wails of anguish when they see themselves being moved into a body bag, it's not just being able to see the ghost you were dealing with for the first time, it's the mindset that gradually sinks in and tells you that your friends let you die.
Now most experts would say that a recently formed ghost is at its weakest and they would be right in most cases. Generally most people come to grips with their impending death before it happens, giving them just enough time to understand why they are dying.
Sudden death isn't nearly so kind to the human psyche. The mind seeks to blame someone, something - anything to help it comprehend what has happened, why them etcetera. It doesn't take much to flip a ghost to a poltergeist, it's why most people's first instinct when finding a dead body is to keep well away.
Aeons of gradual exposure to poltergeists has given us all an ingrained fear of them, enough to keep us at a safe distance but not enough to make us question it. We give ourselves thousands of reasons to stay away rather than check if someone is alive and breathing (I'm not trained in CPR, what if the police find my DNA on them and think I killed them, what if they're just homeless and asleep and they'll attack me if I wake them up).
Exorcisms are humanity's answer to poltergeists - the spiritual equivalent of putting them in a cup and tipping them outside so they can be on their merry way to their respective afterlife, whether they want it or not. Remaining simply isn't an option, not when they can crush you with a single thought and are prone to spontaneous violent outbursts.
It's not just the wails of anguish when they see themselves being moved into a body bag, it's not just being able to see the ghost you were dealing with for the first time, it's the mindset that gradually sinks in and tells you that your friends let you die.
Now most experts would say that a recently formed ghost is at its weakest and they would be right in most cases. Generally most people come to grips with their impending death before it happens, giving them just enough time to understand why they are dying.
Sudden death isn't nearly so kind to the human psyche. The mind seeks to blame someone, something - anything to help it comprehend what has happened, why them etcetera. It doesn't take much to flip a ghost to a poltergeist, it's why most people's first instinct when finding a dead body is to keep well away.
Aeons of gradual exposure to poltergeists has given us all an ingrained fear of them, enough to keep us at a safe distance but not enough to make us question it. We give ourselves thousands of reasons to stay away rather than check if someone is alive and breathing (I'm not trained in CPR, what if the police find my DNA on them and think I killed them, what if they're just homeless and asleep and they'll attack me if I wake them up).
Exorcisms are humanity's answer to poltergeists - the spiritual equivalent of putting them in a cup and tipping them outside so they can be on their merry way to their respective afterlife, whether they want it or not. Remaining simply isn't an option, not when they can crush you with a single thought and are prone to spontaneous violent outbursts.
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