Poltergeist and Exorcism Rituals

Poltergeist exists as a very interesting ven diagram of family adventure and straight up horror. It has a lot to do a rasalata commonality with exorcism rituals that we examined at length in previous episodes. In many spiritual belief systems, one must a purify oneself before entering a temple or a holy place. Most of the time, when you hear about clearing or cleansing a house of bad vives, it's going to read about something like the practice of smudging.