The Penguin book of exorcisms
2020
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Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our time: In 2019 the Vatican convened 250 priests from 50 countries for a weeklong seminar on exorcism. 'The Penguin Book of Exorcisms' brings together the most astonishing accounts: Saint Anthony set upon by demons in the form of a lion, a bull, and a panther, who are no match for his devotion and prayer; the Prophet Muhammad casting an enemy of God out of a young boy; fox spirits in medieval China and Japan; a headless bear assaulting a woman in sixteenth-century England; the possession in the French town of Loudun of an entire convent of Ursuline nuns; a Zulu woman who floated to a height of five feet almost daily amongst many others.
Main title:
The Penguin book of exorcisms / edited by Joseph P. Laycock.
Author:
Laycock, Joseph, 1980-, editor
Edition:
1st edition.
Imprint:
New York : Penguin Books, [2020]©2020
Collation:
xi, 313 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780143135470 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
133.427
Language:
English
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BRN:
1933748
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