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[[WMG: ''The Exorcist'' and ''The Exorcist III: Legion'' are set in the same universe as the following...]]

- ''The 13th Warrior'' (1999)

- ''Bone Tomahawk'' (2015)

- ''The Revenant'' (2016)

- ''The Great Escape'' (1963)
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- ''Bone Tomahawk'' (2015)

- ''The Revenant'' (2016)

- ''The Great Escape'' (1963)
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[[WMG: ''The Exorcist'' and ''The Exorcist III: Legion'' are set in the same universe as the following...]]

- ''The 13th Warrior'' (1999)
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** Merrin's age is vague but 60's seem likelier than 80's. That would make him younger than Jones, actually (born in 1899), unlikely to have taught him.

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** Merrin's age is vague but 60's seem likelier than 80's. That would make him younger than Jones, actually (born in 1899), unlikely to have taught him.
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** Merrin's age is vague but 60's seem likelier than 80's. That would make him younger than Jones, actually (born in 1899), unlikely to have taught him.
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* We know from exposition in the first film that Jones attended the University of Chicago; Marshall was merely where he taught, much later. Also his instructor was Professor Ravenwood, Marian's father (though it's not implausible for a college student to have multiple instructors even in one field). If we're going to go with Marshall, he'd have to be Indy's coworker, not his tutor. Judging by age that seems more probable.
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[[WMG: Father Merrin used to teach archaeology at [[Franchise/{{IndianaJones}} Marshall College]] and taught Indiana Jones]]

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[[WMG: Father Merrin used to teach archaeology at [[Franchise/{{IndianaJones}} Marshall College]] and taught Indiana Jones]]
Henry Jones, Jr., better known as Indiana]]
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[[WMG: Father Merrin is a former college professor of archaeology who taught Indiana Jones]]

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[[WMG: Father Merrin is a former college professor of used to teach archaeology who at [[Franchise/{{IndianaJones}} Marshall College]] and taught Indiana Jones]]



Metaphysical theses (I said ''theses'') have been composed on this theory, notably by someone named Rob Eger. According to WordOfGod, [[https://rennyo01.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/exorcist-eisegesis-fraudulent-child-molestation-theme/ they are hogwash]]. Blatty meant for the text to be taken exactly as written: Regan was possessed by a demon, who was investigated by Karras, who then assisted Merrin in the exorcism ritual, and eventually evicted. Blatty went into considerable detail in the book to show exactly how possession can be and is mistaken for dissociation/multiple personality, and how Regan's condition did not fit the medical profile, much as Karras tried to get it to.

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* Metaphysical theses (I said ''theses'') have been composed on this theory, notably by someone named Rob Eger. According to WordOfGod, [[https://rennyo01.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/exorcist-eisegesis-fraudulent-child-molestation-theme/ they are hogwash]]. Blatty meant for the text to be taken exactly as written: Regan was possessed by a demon, who was investigated by Karras, who then assisted Merrin in the exorcism ritual, and eventually evicted. Blatty went into considerable detail in the book to show exactly how possession can be and is mistaken for dissociation/multiple personality, and how Regan's condition did not fit the medical profile, much as Karras tried to get it to.

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[[WMG: The so-called "demonic posession" is Reagan suffering from a dissociative episode as a result of sexual abuse.]]

The supernatural elements are due to histerics.

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[[WMG: The so-called "demonic posession" is Reagan suffering from a dissociative episode as a result of sexual abuse.]]

The supernatural elements are due to histerics.hysterics.]]
Metaphysical theses (I said ''theses'') have been composed on this theory, notably by someone named Rob Eger. According to WordOfGod, [[https://rennyo01.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/exorcist-eisegesis-fraudulent-child-molestation-theme/ they are hogwash]]. Blatty meant for the text to be taken exactly as written: Regan was possessed by a demon, who was investigated by Karras, who then assisted Merrin in the exorcism ritual, and eventually evicted. Blatty went into considerable detail in the book to show exactly how possession can be and is mistaken for dissociation/multiple personality, and how Regan's condition did not fit the medical profile, much as Karras tried to get it to.
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The ones from ''Buffy'' or the ones from ''Highlander'', take your pick.

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The ones from ''Buffy'' or the ones from ''Highlander'', take your pick.pick.

[[WMG: The so-called "demonic posession" is Reagan suffering from a dissociative episode as a result of sexual abuse.]]

The supernatural elements are due to histerics.
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[[WMG: Father Merrin is a former college professor of archaeology who taught Indiana Jones]]

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[[WMG: Father Merrin is a Watcher]]
The ones from ''Buffy'' or the ones from ''Highlander'', take your pick.
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