There’s a point in William Peter Blatty’s incendiary 1971 horror novel “The Exorcist” when Father Karras asks Father Merrin what the purpose of possession might be — if, according to their religion, a demon cannot touch a victim’s will.
Merrin considers this question, then thoughtfully replies: “I think the demon’s target is not the possessed; it is us …
the observers …
every person in this house …
I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, Damien: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial; as ultimately vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy.
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