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Diabolical possession and the case behind the exorcist : an overview of scientific research with interviews with witnesses, and experts /

"Reexamining the purported 1949 exorcism of a 13-year old boy in Mount Ranier, Maryland the author explores the subject of demonic possession in the light of science. Eyewitness accounts, unpublished photos and never before seen documents from the archives of Rhine Research Foundation provide f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rueda, Sergio A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Stanley Krippner, Ph. D.; Preface; Introduction; 1. In Search of Carl Jung's Mysterious Knife; 2. The Exorcist Still Turns Heads in the Twenty-First Century; 3. The Exorcist and the 1949 Mount Rainier Exorcism Case; 4. Overview of the 1949 Mount Rainier Exorcism; 5. Demonic Possession: Some Concepts and the First Exorcism of Ronald; 6. The Jesuit Report: The Exorcism of Ronald; 7. Jesuits in Action: the Masters of Exorcism; 8. Case Study of an Exorcism: Part II; 9. The Angel of Deliverance: I Command You, Satan, to Leave This Body
  • 10. Science in Search of the Truth: Assessment of the Mount Rainier Exorcism11. The Art of Trickery: The Fraud and Deception Hypothesis; 12. The "Occam's Razor Principle" and the Natural Scientific Hypothesis (Especially Psychological); 13. Psychic Detectives: The Parapsychological Hypothesis; 14. The Devil in Disguise: The Diabolical Possession Agency Hypothesis; 15. The Final Questions; 16. Conclusion; Appendix A: The Letters Between the Rev. Luther Miles Schulze and Dr. J.B. Rhine; Appendix B: Interview with the Rev. Luther Miles Schulze and Ruth Schulze
  • Appendix C: Interview with Ida Mae, the Leader of the Circle of PrayersAppendix D: In the Grip of What? Interviews with Experts on Demonic Possession; Appendix E: The Documents That Unveil the Mystery of Ronald's Exorcism; Chapter Notes; Sources; Index