The Exorcism of Emily Rose

This is based on the true life experiences of a German woman who was suspected to suffer from demoniac possession, and was subjected to an exorcism. This attempt failed, and she eventually died. The link to a page on her is here. The theories of demoniac possession have never gained wide credence in the West, however, Eastern cultures have long known , or atleast acknowledged the presence of the supernatural. Why is this? Is this because the relentless progress of science has completely impaired the judgement of people and rendered them incapable of viewing alternate hypotheses? This is strange, however, because the West is by no means run on scientific principles. This is something strange I find: that science in its purest form is really not accepted here, people do listen to absolute rubbish all the time. But than gain, what is understood to be 'folk wisdom' in the East simply does not exist in the West, most especially in the US. the resulting situation is quite silly. Hence, urban legends and myths abound, but that is about it.