The 50th Law (with 50 Cent)

Interpretation: In her earliest years, Jeanne de Belciel displayed an
insatiable appetite for attention. She wearied her parents, who finally
got rid of her by sending her to a convent in Poitiers. There she
proceeded to drive the nuns insane with her sarcasm and incredible air
of superiority. Sent off to Loudun, it seemed she decided to try a
different approach to gaining the recognition she so desperately
needed. Given books on spirituality, she determined she would excel
all others in her knowledge and pious behavior. She made a complete
show of both and gained the good favor of the prioress. But as head of
the house, she felt bored, and the attention she now received
inadequate. Her dreams of Grandier were a mix of fabrication and
autosuggestion. Soon after the exorcists arrived, she was given a book
on demonology, which she devoured, and knowing the various ins and
outs of devil inhabitation, she proceeded to give herself all of the most
dramatic traits, which would be picked up by the exorcists as sure signs
of possession. She became the star of the public spectacle. While
possessed, she went further than all others in her degradation and
lewd behavior.
After Grandier’s gruesome execution, which profoundly affected the
other nuns, who certainly felt guilt at the part they had played in the
death of an innocent man, Jeanne alone felt the sudden lack of
attention as unbearable and so she upped the ante by refusing to let go
of the demons. She had become a master at sensing the weaknesses
and hidden desires of those around her—first the prioress, and then
the exorcists, and now Father Surin. He wanted so badly to be the one
to redeem her that he would fall for the simplest of miracles. As for the
stigmata, some later speculated that she had etched these names with
acid, or traced them through colored starch. It seemed odd that they
appeared only on her left hand, where it would be easy for her to write
them out. It is known that in extreme hysteria the skin becomes