Trepanning For Spirits
The posessed have a pretty hard time of it, and sometimes you have to act, and act fast. Trepanning has been used by various civilizations in an attempt to remove evil spirits, with mixed results.
“On their bare heads, a small lid was attached over a round hole, which had been bored right in the crown-bone. Such a hole was held in great reverence, and belonged only to the most eminent. Through it, evil vapors were able to escape, and the sunlight could enter to absorb their spirits after death.” – Werner von Heidenstam ‘The Swedes and their Chieftains’ (1908)
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