“Her spirit is thrown across the shadows… and plunges into the depths … and follows the stream into the dark … so that her spirit can be kept from the shadows.”
Had some help from nonestasylum – ”Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanic potestas, omnis infernalis adversarii, in nomine et virtute Domini/Domine…”
– Constantine uses a shortened form of an actual exorcism called “Exorcismus in Satanem et Angelos Apostaticos” – “The Exorcism against Satan & the Apostate Angels”;
– Here’s the complete first verse of said Exorcism:
“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica, in nomine et virtute Domini Nostri Jesu!” “We exorcise you, every impure spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect, in the name of Our Lord Jesus and by the power of the Lord!”
Had some help from nonestasylum – ”Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanic potestas, omnis infernalis adversarii, in nomine et virtute Domini/Domine…”
“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus” We exorcise you, every impure spirit
“ omnis satanic potestas, omnis infernalis adversarii” every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary
“in nomine et virtute Domini/Domine” in the name and valor of The Lord(’s Prayer)
I Googled up the individual meanings of each of the Latin words (that wasn’t included in the translations in the Super-wiki page), and put them together to translate the last sentence.
Ahem.. we from the supernatural fandom know the whole exorcism rite by heart :p
Basically its the same exorcism used by the roman catholics and taken from a book, idk the name of the book but go on supernatural wiki and search for exorcism.
I’m from the SPN fandom as well, and also know the shortened form of the spell by heart.
I’ve never heard the last line used by Constantine used in SPN, though. But then again, my memory is pretty short.
I’m also aware that the spells are used by the Roman Catholics (and actually asked about five of my Catholic friends for help, but nothing on that). Unfortunately, Super-wiki isn’t very helpful with the last line of this, and I wanted to try and make doubly-sure I had the meanings as correct as possible. So, Google it is.
Had some help from nonestasylum – ”Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanic potestas, omnis infernalis adversarii, in nomine et virtute Domini/Domine…”
“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus” We exorcise you, every impure spirit
“ omnis satanic potestas, omnis infernalis adversarii” every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary
“in nomine et virtute Domini/Domine” in the name and valor of The Lord(’s Prayer)
I Googled up the individual meanings of each of the Latin words (that wasn’t included in the translations in the Super-wiki page), and put them together to translate the last sentence.
Ever since I saw this picture of the tattoo on Constantine’s back (it’s damned hot on him, by the way, erhem), I’ve wondered what the words and sigils meant.
‘Furfur’ or ‘furfures’ in Latin means “bran”. However it seems more likely that the name is a corruption of ‘Furcifer’ the Latin word for scoundrel. a powerful Great Earl of Hell, being the ruler of twenty-nine legions of demons. He is a liar unless compelled to enter a magic triangle where he gives true answers to every question, speaking with a rough voice. Furfur causes love between a man and a woman, creates storms, tempests, thunder, lightning , and blasts, and teaches on secret and divine things.
I checked my copy of the Lesser Key of Solomon and lo and behold there it was! And they also describe the way he looks: appearing in the form of a heart with a fiery tail. Also, if you get him into the magic triangle he can change his form into that of an angel when bidden. Both of my copies of the book say 26 legions of spirits, but Wikipedia says 29 so…..
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