Chapter 265: On the Dao
Wang Xiaohu was not used to the Western-style hug, but he followed the local customs, and still hugged Father Lawrence stiffly, William Lin acted as an interpreter on the side, and the old priest seemed to attach great importance to Wang Xiaohu's arrival, made a cup of Longjing, invited Wang Xiaohu to sit down, and drank coffee himself.
Wang Xiaohu sat down and asked the old priest what he had asked him to do, and Father Lawrence looked at him sincerely and said, "Young man, I don't know how well you know about Christianity?" What I want to say is that Christianity believes that there are demons and demons that are wicked, corrupt, ill-intentioned, antagonistic to God, against the salvation plan of the Lord Jesus, against the mission of the kingdom of heaven, against the Savior's redemption, who confuse and mislead us, and who cannot be extricated by natural science and psychiatry. ”
It should be an academic exchange of Chinese and Western exorcism, Wang Xiaohu thinks so, and said to Father Lawrence: "I am a descendant of Taoism, a late learner, as far as I know, our Taoism is a polytheistic religion, that there are gods between heaven and earth, and the understanding of ghosts and gods is very different from the complete opposition between good and evil in the West. When we respect heaven, earth, ghosts and gods, we actually want to respect the laws of nature, love every tree and grass, protect the great rivers, and protect the natural environment. The tree has a tree god, the earth has a god of the earth, and the river has a river god. Artificially destroying the ecological balance of the natural world and killing life indiscriminately will inevitably provoke the punishment of the gods. Taoism's idea of respecting heaven and God, the unity of heaven and man, dissolves the opposition between man and nature......"
Wang Xiaohu's words were what Gao Qi once told him. Wang Xiaohu felt that this was the truth, and sat down with Father Lawrence today to discuss, so naturally he said these words. Regardless of whether Father Lawrence understands it or not, at least it looks like that, William Lin translated these words, Father Lawrence's eyes were more confused, he was really frightened by Wang Xiaohu's words, and he could see that Wang Xiaohu was ready to sit down with him and talk.
Father Lawrence's real purpose was not to talk to Wang Xiaohu. He smiled and said, "The mysterious East is always so desirable, young man, I didn't invite you to exchange religious thoughts with you. Rather, I would like to ask you, are you interested in joining Christianity? If so, I'll help you with immigration and then send you to the Vatican Chapel to study. Become an exorcist. ”
William Lin finished translating. Wang Xiaohu didn't speak for a long time, feeling that Father Lawrence was really whimsical to let him join Christianity as an orthodox Taoist heir! Is he having a bad brain, or did he hear it wrong? If he was the head of the Lingbao Sect and entered Christianity, would the ancestors of the Lingbao Sect crawl out of the ground and use the thunder method to split him?
Father Lawrence is really not whimsical, the Chinese like to immigrate and use all kinds of methods to get out. He thought that Wang Xiaohu would definitely be moved by immigration, what he hoped for. is to bring Wang Xiaohu to the Christian door and become their exorcist.
"Young man, I know that the proposal is a bit abrupt, but it is also a helpless move, and now the exorcist is in short supply around the world." Fr. Lawrence sighed at this and continued: "There are three hostile forces in the world today: the devil, the bad tendencies of the world, and the bad tendencies of man's lust. ”
The church called on believers to join the ranks of exorcists, and although many responded, exorcists are still in short supply around the world. The enchantment situation has begun to spiral out of control, and the helpline is ringing incessantly, with a thousand requests for help every month, from Africa, Ukraine, England, and even Australia. Eighty-five-year-old priest Amos, the Vatican's chief exorcist, said that 70,000 cases of enchantment had been handled. ”
"According to 1996 data, the number of exorcists in the world is only about 300, but in the twenty-first century, the number of exorcists has exploded. For example, the number of exorcists in Italy has increased to 400 in 20 years, and they are all very busy. In order to better study exorcism and exorcism rituals, some countries have also established relevant research institutes, and the University of Rome also launched an exorcism course in 2005, but it is still a drop in the bucket, the rise of moral corruption and demonism has led to an increase in the demand for exorcists, and the Internet has made it more and more accessible to people about devil worship and the occult. Exorcists are also in increasing demand. ”
Speaking of this, Father Lawrence's expression became very heavy, and said: "I am actually not a qualified exorcist, but there is no way, the church can't draw people, I can only exorcise demons, and as you can see, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid Alivia's situation would be even worse, and victory would belong to the devil." ”
"Young man, I know that my request is a bit difficult, but I have to make an effort, there are too many people in the world waiting for help, and my ability is very limited, of course, if you agree to my request, I will ask the church to help you do all the follow-up things, and I also believe that the church is very willing to see an exorcist with an oriental face, and every time the exorcism church has a reward, it is a large salary, I ask you to consider it."
After Father Lawrence finished speaking, he looked very worried, looking at Wang Xiaohu expectantly, Wang Xiaohu looked at the kind old man in the West in front of him, remembering that although he couldn't do his best last night, he still tried to do his best, and was vomited by Olivia, he was very sympathetic and admired such an old man, and he couldn't refuse to say it for a while.
Or William Lin relieved him and told Lawrence that Wang Xiaohu's true identity is the head of a Taoist sect, his identity is very noble, and his beliefs are different, Wang Xiaohu believes in Sanqing, it is impossible to believe in Christianity, Father Lawrence's eyes were full of disappointment, but he still apologized to Wang Xiaohu: "I'm sorry, I don't know your identity, it's very presumptuous, please forgive me for my ignorance......"
Wang Xiaohu is a soft-hearted person, and he can't help but feel hot in his heart, and said to Father Lawrence: "Father, you are an admirable old man, although I can't join Christianity, but I have some methods, maybe I can teach you, I don't know if you can learn?" ”
"Oh, young man, you know that no matter what the method is, as long as it can help people, as long as it is beneficial, I am willing to learn, this is an open era, religion should also have a tolerant attitude, please teach me some ways to expel evil spirits." Father Lawrence is very serious.
Wang Xiaohu pondered for a while, Taoist things are broad and profound, and he may not be able to learn a comprehensive one in his life, he is still at the level of a second-class person, not to mention some things of the Lingbao faction, which are not allowed to be taught by non-descendants of this sect, and some folk secret recipes and the like can be taught to Father Lawrence, as for whether the Chinese method works in the West, then two words.
Wang Xiaohu told Father Lawrence about his scruples, and the priest still insisted on learning, Wang Xiaohu pondered for a while, and remembered a very simple method, standing chopsticks, standing chopsticks is a kind of folk art, and the method is to erect one or three chopsticks in the bowl. If someone is inexplicably sick and the medicine is ineffective, according to the folk saying, it is a ghost, and this technique can be used to send it. Put an incense case at the stove house and the god of the stove to do the trick. method, a total of three erections.
The first time I put up chopsticks is to confirm whether it belongs to a ghost. Hold a bowl of water, use one or three chopsticks, hold it lightly with your right hand, and silently recite: "Blocked your road, hit your bridge, whether you were killed, hanged, drowned, burned...... No intention of ramming, don't be surprised. Now that you've found ...... , I'll offer you some water and rice, and you will let it go...... Let's do it! Yunyun, and then let go of his hand, if the chopsticks are standing, it means that he has indeed met a friend from the spirit world. If it can't stand, it means that it is not, and it is not necessary.
When the chopsticks are upright, it means that you have hit a ghost. Now the second erection to see what the hell it is. It depends on the symptoms. For example, if the whole body is shivering and cold, it means that you are drowning, if you have a fever all over the body, it means that you are burning, and if you feel very hungry, it means that you are starving...... At this time, take out the chopsticks that stood for the first time, put your right hand in the bowl again, and silently recite how you died, such as drowning or burning...... Then you can stand again and show us! If the chopsticks don't fall, it means that they are accurate.
The third time I stood the chopsticks, the main thing was to further confirm and send it away with rice. Still holding the chopsticks with his right hand, standing in the bowl, and silently reciting: If you really how and how you died, then you stand again, let me understand that it is indeed you! At this time, if the chopsticks do not fall, prepare a little rice, pour it into the water bowl, and at the same time chant: Mother's water rice, sweep you to the three thousand doors! At this time, the chopsticks will fall, indicating that it has eaten and left. If it doesn't fall, it means that it doesn't want to leave, so you take a kitchen knife, wave it around, and yell: If you don't go, the knife will cut you! It will fall. At this time, you should pay attention to the direction of the inverted, generally the direction of the door, which means that it is gone, if it is not the direction of the door, it means that it is not here to ask for food, you just burn a few pieces of paper to it.
This local method, some old people in the countryside basically know, it has been circulated for so many years, how much it works, as for whether it works in Europe, Wang Xiaohu doesn't know, he can teach, only these, even if he really teaches the talisman and chanting spells, Father Lawrence can't learn it, there is no way to cultural differences, even the Chinese Tong William Lin has not learned, Father Lawrence, Wang Xiaohu does not have that confidence.
Although the spell is small, it is simple and practical, once or twice experimented, if it is spiritual, it will work, it does not work, Wang Xiaohu is thinking about other teachings to Father Lawrence, but Father Lawrence is like a treasure, William Lin translated, he recorded it carefully on the side, looking at his seriousness, Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but teach him a few simple methods, put the broom upside down, catch the ghost with the red line, and cut off the head of the chicken......
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