The Exorcism—The burning of the fish liver and gall bladder is not a voodoo ritual designed to gain mastery over occult forces. Fortunately, this practice has not become part of the standard marriage ritual, because the smell must have been ghastly. The burning did not occur in isolation, but in tandem with prayer. The prayer was the critical ingredient in the ritual of exorcism, then as now. The demon flees to Upper Egypt because that was his original homeland. This particular demon had been afflicting