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Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal / Richard Gallagher, MD.
Takes the reader deep into this hidden and fascinating world of paranormal activity and details eerie true-life tales of demonic attacks, oppressions, and possessions.
A New York psychiatrist, Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Yet he came to see that the woman wasn't mentally disturbed-- she was possessed. Gallagher has since spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history. Here he chronicles the case he has witnessed, sharing in full details of these true-life tales of demonic possession. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon info.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062876478
- ISBN: 0062876473
- Physical Description: viii, 255 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Initial journey -- A priest comes calling -- Julia, the satanic queen -- Troubles of the spirit -- Diagnosing the variety of oppressions -- Troubles of the mind -- Catherine - mother, housewife, and possessed -- The serious investigator -- The history of beliefs in evil spirits, the emergence of the idea of the paranormal, and infestations -- Alice -- Barbara and the wider satanic panic -- Final controversies. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Demoniac possession. Exorcism. Psychiatrists. Demoniac possession. Exorcism. Psychiatrists. |
| Genre: | Case studies. Case studies. |
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Summary:
Takes the reader deep into this hidden and fascinating world of paranormal activity and details eerie true-life tales of demonic attacks, oppressions, and possessions.
A New York psychiatrist, Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Yet he came to see that the woman wasn't mentally disturbed-- she was possessed. Gallagher has since spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history. Here he chronicles the case he has witnessed, sharing in full details of these true-life tales of demonic possession. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon info.
A New York psychiatrist, Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Yet he came to see that the woman wasn't mentally disturbed-- she was possessed. Gallagher has since spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history. Here he chronicles the case he has witnessed, sharing in full details of these true-life tales of demonic possession. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon info.