For 10 points, name this activity performed in the New Testament when Jesus freed a man of Gerasenes from the evil spirit Legion.
In Maori religion, this process is known as "Makutu lifting," while Ethiopian Christianity uses it to combat buda. Hindu practitioners of this activity are sometimes known as ojha. In 1974, the Anglican Communion created the "Deliverance Ministry" to provide access to this activity. In Islam, this process often involves the recitation of the Throne Verse, aims to reverse the effects of sihr, and is called ruqya. This practice, the subject of Frank Hammond's Pigs in the Parlor, was unsuccessfully attempted among some Ursuline nuns at Loudon in 1632. Notable Catholic subjects of this process include Anneliese Michel and a young Maryland boy known as "Roland Doe" or "Robbie Mannheim". For 10 points, name this activity performed in the New Testament when Jesus freed a man of Gerasenes from the evil spirit Legion.
In Maori religion, this process is known as "Makutu lifting," while Ethiopian Christianity uses it to combat buda.
exorcism [accept word forms; accept equivalents involving "expelling demons"]