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Bit of trivia, but there is no direct word for “exorcism” in Japanese
除霊師 (joreishi), 陰陽師 (onmoyji), and 祓魔師 (fumōshi) are both translated as “exorcist” but this is only an approximate translation because they refer to practices distinct from Christian exorcisms.
That’s why some manga like Blue Exorcist or Make the Exorcist Fall in Love use the ENGLISH word for exorcist written in Katakana: エクソシスト
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Onmyodo was practiced irl similarly to alchemy as kind of a proto-science. It fits, albeit not exactly