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| − | Bobby reveals that there was another person who attempted to open the door to Purgatory: a horror writer named [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. In 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft held a dinner party with five other people, and they performed a ritual to open a portal that led to Purgatory. [[Eleanor Visyak]] emerged through the door as an invisible force that possessed Lovecraft's maid. She then proceeded to kill all of the | + | Bobby reveals that there was another person who attempted to open the door to Purgatory: a horror writer named [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. In 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft held a dinner party with five other people, and they performed a ritual to open a portal that led to Purgatory. [[Eleanor Visyak]] emerged through the door as an invisible force that possessed Lovecraft's maid. She then may have proceeded to kill all of the ritual participants over the next year, though she denies this and the person shown in the killing scene of [[H.P. Lovecraft]] does not fit her description (though it was shadowed). |
===[[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]]=== | ===[[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]]=== | ||
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Dean: Purgatory? Purgatory's real?
Alpha Vampire: Stupid cattle... Of course! And it is filled with the soul of every hungry thing like me that ever walked this earth. Now, where is it? That is the mystery, and that is what your kind-hearted granddaddy is trying to beat out of me.
It's like the backside of your worst nightmares. It's all blood and bone and darkness. Filled with the bodies and souls of all things hungry, sharp, and nasty.
Contents
Characteristics
Purgatory is a spiritual realm where souls of supernatural creatures go after they die. Its physical location is separate from both Heaven and Hell. Crowley estimates there are 30-40 million souls there.[1]
Purgatory is also home to several native creatures, one such example being Eleanor Visyak, who escaped Purgatory when H.P. Lovecraft and his dinner guests performed a ritual to open a door to another dimension on March 10, 1937. She claims to be 900 years old.[2]
Dragons, after reciting a spell from a book, open a doorway to Purgatory, which releases Eve from its bowels.[3]
Crowley and Castiel have been trying to locate Purgatory in order to use the power of the souls housed there.[1]
The ritual revealed by Eleanor Visyak, and used to open the door to Purgatory by Castiel, involves drawing a series of sigils in a mixture of the blood of a virgin and the blood of a Purgatory native. A spell is then recited on the night of the lunar eclipse:[4]
Iagnua Magna Purgatorii Great door of Purgatory
Clausa Est Ob Nos That is closed for us
Lumine Eius Ab Oculis Its light is kept away
Nostris Retento From our eyes
Sed Nunc Stamus Ad Limen Huius But now we're standing on this threshold
Ianuae Magnae Et Demisse Of the Great door, and humbly
Fideliter Perhonorifice Faithfully, respectfully
Paramus Aperire Eam Are preparing for its opening
Creaturae Terrificae Quarum Ungulae Terrible creature, whose claws
Et Dentes Nunquam Tetigerunt And teeth have never touched
Carnem Humanam Aperit Fauces Human flesh, is opening its jaws
Eius Ad Mundum Nostrum Nunc Toward our world now
Ianua Magna Great door
Aperta Tandem! Open at last!
Episodes
6.07 Family Matters
After resurrecting Samuel Campbell, Crowley has him tracking down high-ranking creatures, especially Alphas, so that he can question them about the location of Purgatory. Crowley says he is interested in Purgatory for "development purposes."
- Crowley: Location, location, location. I'm a developer. Purgatory is vast, underutilized, and hell adjacent, and I want it.
6.10 Caged Heat
Crowley tortures and interrogates the Alpha Shapeshifter for Purgatory's exact coordinates. The Alpha refuses to reveal its location, claiming ignorance, so Crowley angrily retaliates by decapitating it with a sword. Later in the episode, Crowley appears to be killed when Castiel burns a pile of old bones.
6.11 Appointment in Samarra
Death encourages Dean to continue his and Sam's current investigation. He is most likely referring to their investigation into Crowley's pursuit of Purgatory. He also tells him that "it's about the souls."
- Death: You throw away your life because you've come to assume that it will bounce right back into your lap. The human soul is not a rubber ball. It's vulnerable, impermanent, but stronger than you know and more valuable than you can imagine.
- ...
- Right now you're digging at something. Intrepid detective. I want you to keep digging, Dean. It's about the souls.
6.12 Like A Virgin
Purgatory is revealed not only to be the place where supernatural beings go after death, but also to be the place where the "Mother of All" is located. A group of Dragons are collecting virgins in an attempt to raise the Mother from Purgatory and allow her to walk the Earth once again. Sam and Dean discover an ancient manuscript made of human skin that Bobby ultimately deduces is a manual for accessing Purgatory and bringing forth Eve.
Toward the end of the episode, this plan is carried out by the remaining dragons, who use the knowledge gained from the manuscript to open a door to Purgatory. They take one of their captives and throw her into the fiery chasm below. Out of the portal, the girl rises again as Eve.
6.19 Mommy Dearest
Eve tells Sam and Dean that Crowley is alive and still torturing her children to find Purgatory.
6.20 The Man Who Would Be King
In a flashback, Crowley convinces Castiel that if they find Purgatory they can split the souls inside, so that Castiel can defeat Raphael and Crowley can secure his position as the leader of Hell. In the present, Crowley is dissecting Eve for clues that might lead them to Purgatory, but to no avail. He insists that if Eve were alive, and not killed by the Winchesters, she could have led them there.
6.21 Let It Bleed
Bobby reveals that there was another person who attempted to open the door to Purgatory: a horror writer named H.P. Lovecraft. In 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft held a dinner party with five other people, and they performed a ritual to open a portal that led to Purgatory. Eleanor Visyak emerged through the door as an invisible force that possessed Lovecraft's maid. She then may have proceeded to kill all of the ritual participants over the next year, though she denies this and the person shown in the killing scene of H.P. Lovecraft does not fit her description (though it was shadowed).
6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Castiel and Crowley continue their attempt to access the souls in Purgatory. Having captured Eleanor Visyak, they torture her until she reveals the ritual and what they need for it. They must draw a sigil using a mixture of virgin blood and the blood of a "Purgatory native" and say the ritual words on the night of the lunar eclipse. They use the blood of Eleanor, and then Crowley adds the virgin blood and gives the mixture to Castiel. Castiel decides to deny Crowley his share of the souls, giving Crowley the option to "flee or die." Crowley allies himself with Raphael in retaliation, and the two force Castiel to leave while they conduct the ritual themselves. Castiel deceives them by switching the correct blood mixture with dog blood and performing the ritual by himself. He then proceeds to absorb the souls of Purgatory all at once and destroys Raphael after Crowley teleports away. Sam tries to kill Castiel with an Angel Killing Sword, but Castiel proves immune. He then declares himself to be the new God.
Purgatory in Lore
- Purgatory on Wikipedia
- Dante's Purgatorio on Wikipedia
