Real-Life Exorcist 'Brother Hermes' Promises To Drive Out The Devil (PHOTOS)

Not feeling quite yourself today? Maybe even a little possessed by something truly evil?

Perhaps you make others around you nervous each time your head spins in a 360-degree turn as you spew green vomit.

Clearly you've been taken over by the devil who needs to be driven out. Who ya gonna call? For more than 20 years, people in Colombia have been seeking out Hermes Cifuentes, aka "Brother Hermes."

Hermes is a 50-year-old spiritual healer who performs nearly a dozen exorcisms each week.

Watch Brother Hermes in action:

• • • • • • For more than 20 years, Hermes Cifuentes (left), a 50-year-old spiritual healer in Colombia, has been performing exorcisms on his fellow citizens. Here, "Brother Hermes," as he is called, attempts to drive the devil out of Claudia Gaviria, 28, who claims to be possessed by spirits.

Comments

[juliana1217]

04:58 PM on 06/13/2011

He should exorcise demons from Charlie Sheen.
----- a devoted former fan of Sheen's

[abuckley23]

12:49 PM on 06/13/2011

I need Brother Hermes. Mother-in-law arrives tomorrow.

[TheOuroborus]

10:51 AM on 06/13/2011

Yee-ah... it's called mental illness. Both in the so-called possessed and the so-called exorcist.

[fratricide08]

04:01 PM on 06/13/2011

It may look strange or silly to us but if the person claiming 'possession' truly believes that they're possessed then rituals like this can alleviate their psychic (as in mental) suffering. It's the same principal that makes placebos effective even when the patient is told up front that it's a placebo. Many people with serious mental illnesses, particularly those with bipolar and schizophrenia, do not believe they are ill and will often refuse to believe it even if they're told by doctors and loved ones but those with other illnesses such as depression do realize they're ill. It's very likely that those seeking healing from this man don't have serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia because they're actively seeking treatment but they may have other problems like depression, anxiety, personality disorders etc. that *can* be helped --at least temporarily-- by the attention and belief they have in such ceremonies.

[ThinkCreeps]

10:22 AM on 06/14/2011

I don't think anyone's denying that people with mental illnesses sometimes have trouble with recognizing and understanding reality.

After all, there's good money be made out of reflexology and homeopathy in otherwise well-educated communities, so perhaps hermes shouldn't be at the front of the line for special ridicule.

[seealaska]

07:33 AM on 06/13/2011

Its difficult for the western world to understand or believe. The catholic church have to hide about this subject..Therefore you will never know.

[TheOuroborus]

10:52 AM on 06/13/2011

Actually I do know.

[ThinkCreeps]

10:23 AM on 06/14/2011

Me too.

[buffgyal]

03:11 PM on 06/15/2011

@theOuroborus and ThinkCreeps....seealaska means, truly know and understand.

[Joe Galvan]

03:22 AM on 06/13/2011

What I find offensive about this story is that it's being categorized in "weird news" –- why? This man is simply doing what the dictates of his morality are according to his culture, not anything "weird". This is just a first-world appellation of an ancient tradition, one that the majority of the world's culture adhere to. It's just offensive because it seems so pejorative to me.

[Franklin Robinson]

12:33 PM on 06/12/2011

I think I may trust my fate to John Constantine instead

[seealaska]

07:34 AM on 06/13/2011

Not wrong. But if nothing works..give it a thought

[John Eades]

12:27 PM on 06/12/2011

shades of oral roberts

[sindfetish]

11:23 AM on 06/12/2011

I saw Katy Perrys and then Ke$ha, then Kayne's new video and felt demons in my head too but I know there just from really bad music.

[USABrazil]

11:02 AM on 06/12/2011

One thing need to be mentioned...The possessed woman (photo) performs better than Nick Cage ; )

[Ted Bouklos]

11:55 AM on 06/13/2011

Not the BEEEEEEEES!!!!

[thomashusted]

11:01 AM on 06/12/2011

Hey the Catholic Church still officially train some Priest to do exorcisms, anyhow this guy needs to go and do some exorcisms at Banks like Goldman Sachs!

[CPNASH]

12:28 PM on 06/12/2011

..only if the devil isn't also too big too fail.

[TheFriendlyAtheist]

10:58 AM on 06/12/2011

Devils and demons and evil spirits, Oh My! What would we atheist do for entertainment without wacko believers to laugh at?

[sensimilla]

01:07 PM on 06/12/2011

if you do not believe that malevolent spirits can inhabit a human body and wreak havoc, you are just ignorant.

[kwinter]

01:39 PM on 06/12/2011

Gawd, I hope you're joking!

[TheFriendlyAtheist]

05:17 PM on 06/12/2011

Fine, show me the peer reviewed studies.

[USABrazil]

10:44 AM on 06/12/2011

We are going to be "short" in hermes...

[PATOISJAM]

10:27 AM on 06/12/2011

The devil driving out the devil. hahahahahaaaaaa

[tissa]

09:56 AM on 06/12/2011

Why don't the other two monotheistic religions do this?

[Marines1371]

11:24 AM on 06/12/2011

Well, there really three monotheistic religions, but spirituality can pretty much transcends religion.

I would bet that a lot of the ceremonies this guy does have a lot of cultural influence, as well as Christian.

[publiusmax]

07:34 AM on 06/12/2011

And if this guy doesn't work out for you feel free to give Bobby Jindal a call.

[seealaska]

07:25 AM on 06/13/2011

Jindal is a Indian . No place in White Republican domain..Remember, he is being tolerated for the time being.

[ThinkCreeps]

10:25 AM on 06/14/2011

If they can accommodate Uncle Clarence, they should be able to cope with 'lil bobby.