Interpretation of migraine headaches as attacks by Satan, demons or evil spirits

George Cruikshank, The Headache, 1819 (see here)

"Did Satan do anything for you, except give you a migraine headache?"

(Dave Rickard, King of the waves, 1998)

William Renn, Illustration for Health File (Paper Supplement) - Migraine Misery, May 1994 (see here)

"Praying for you. I've had migrains in the past and I swear they are the spawn of satan, it's horrible. He is the Lord, forever his truth shall reign."

(TravisM, Comment to an entry in The RiverStone Journal, June 15, 2004)

Dominique Reznikoff, Un démon nommé migraine, 2002. © 2002 Albin Michel

"I get what I can only describe as 'pre-pain', about 20 minutes before I get ready to drill holes in my skull to let out the evil spirits. If I'm lucky. Unlucky is getting stabbed in one side of my head and slapped with nausea in less than a minute."

(Freyja, Newsgroups: alt.callahans, Subject: Migraine Aura, February 17, 2000)

Maya Hiort Petersen, Migraine, acrylic painting (20" x 20"), 2005. © 2005 Maya Hiort Petersen (see here)

"Description: I had the most terrible migraine one day. I used to get them quite often. This one in particular, was the first I had endured in many many months. I had to go home early from work. I could barely see. I was sick for 12 hours straight, unable to stand or bare even the smallest amount of light or sound. After I slept, I found myself feeling strangely creative. I could barely keep my head up, but this painting, (which kept me up nearly all night, and the following day,) is what came out of me. The devil, is my favorite part, the demons which gnawed at my head the hours before."

(Maya Hiort Petersen, Artist's website at absolutearts.com, May 25, 2005)

Philly Rains, Migraine, mixed media (2.5" x 3.5"), 2006. © 2006 Philly Rains

"I am an artist who suffers from chronic migraines. A friend sent me a link to your website, and I was happy to discover that it is possible to submit migraine related art. I created a small art card (2.5" x 3.5") in mixed media early this year, and hope you will consider using it in your gallery.

The red ric-rak represents the aura I get before or after my migraines, and obviously, the knife in my eye represents the type of migraines I experience.

Thank you for considering my art for your gallery."

(Philly Rains, Email to Markus Dahlem, October 17, 2006)

Björn Lensig, SG_Lazareteos, 2006. © 2006 (see here)

"... that's the migraine-demon."

(Björn Lensig, lost Webpage bei www.digitalartforum.de, undated; translated from German by Klaus Podoll)

Black energy centres created by the subtle sorcerer in Aparna's body. © 2007 Spiritual Science Research Foundation (see here)

"Aparna Gude, a pharmacy graduate from India had been plagued by migraine headaches since her early teenage years. She tried all conventional medicines to combat them but to no avail. Finally through the Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF), she learnt that the root cause of her migraine headaches was an attack by ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.)."

(Spiritual Science Research Foundation, March 27, 2007) [more]

"The seekers of the subtle perception department of SSRF through their advanced sixth sense diagnosed that the migraine headache was due to a subtle sorcerer, i.e. a ghost (demon, devil, negative energy etc.). The subtle sorcerer had created a number of black energy centres all over Aparna’s body as shown in the diagram below. These centres helped in maintaining a flow of black energy through the body from the region of Hell. The sorcerer had also fitted subtle diagrams (yantras) at the back of Aparna’s head, toes and the soles of both legs. These subtle diagrams (yantras) were specifically designed to imbibe and transmit black energy."

(Spiritual Science Research Foundation, March 27, 2007) [more]

References

Reznikoff D. Un démon nommé migraine. Albin Michel, Paris 2002.

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