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Yes, unlike in the neo-SSPX, Fr. Ripperger emphasizes the importance of spiritual battle (Eph 6:12: "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.").

Well, all the prayers in my copy invoke either Our Lady, St Michael, the Precious Blood, the Holy Angels, our guardian angel, the Holy Ghost, the Blessed Trinity, Our Lord, or a combination of them to do the binding.

Thread slipped down the page before I saw this, but now that I see it, ...

... in MY copy:

Spirit of [N.], I bind you in the Name of Jesus ...

With N., you're supposed to specify the exact type of evil spirit you're attempting to bind.

He even has a Latin version.  Is that supposed to imply that this is some official prayer of the Church?

Spiritus [N.], ego te ligo in nomine Jesus ...

That Latin sounds like something a priest would say.

So he has the layman here directly addressing specific demonic spirits.

Then in the "Longer Form of Binding Prayer" (which also sounds rather New Agey):

I bind and render helpless any spirits affecting me ...

... going on to list a ton of spirits, including, among two pages worth of others, spirits that cause hiccups.

Then, some pages later ... I could post the ENTIRE "Adjuration" prayer.  In fact, here, since a couple citations doesn't do it justice.



So here we have laymen attempting to exercise the "power and authority of Jesus" over evil spirits. 

"I adjure you ... to depart from here." 
"I cast you out, every unclean spirit ..."
"I bind you separately and individually and break all seals..."
"In the power and authority of Jesus, I command that you ..."
"I send you separately and individually ..."
"I command that you never return ..."
"I come against your hooks ... and command that you be cursed ..."
"You must come forth from this child of the Lord ..."

If this isn't Pablo the Lay Exorcist, then I don't know what is.  For all we know, Pablo got the idea from this book.

I find it disturbing that a priest is encouraging lay people without the authority of the Church to do so, to directly give commands to evil spirits.  That's a recipe for disaster if I ever saw one.

And it goes on, his so-called "Perimeter Prayer":

I adjure all your evil spirits, in the Name of ... Jesus ... to depart from here.  I cast you out, every unclean spirit.

So you might want to check your copy again.

Those types of prayers (they're more commands) above are, IMO, incredibly dangerous.  I find it perplexing that Father Ripperger emphasizes that one must have the authority of the Church to have any power over demonic spirits, and yet here he has lay people engaging, directly addressing, and commanding evil spirits "in the Name of Jesus."

As lay people, we should simply pray to Our Lady, the Terror of Demons, and be devoted to Her Holy Rosary.  We should make use of the sacramentals provided by Holy Mother Church, the holy water, blessed articles, especially St. Beedict medals, etc.

But to constantly be thinking about these evils spirits, and be engaging them, and attempting to battle them directly, that's a recipe for disaster ... nor is it psychologically healthy.  It can mess with someone's peace of soul.  And we know that many things (including "hiccups") can have natural causes as well, and needn't see a demon behind every bush, and every hiccup.  We also have to admit that some of our sins are caused by the flesh, and others by the world.

IMO, this book should be on the Index.

The bolded part seems to indicate you need to reread the introduction.