Possessed : The True Story of an Exorcism by Thomas B. Allen (2000, Trade PB)

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9780595132645
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Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0595132642
ISBN-13
9780595132645
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Book Title
Possessed : the True Story of an Exorcism
Number of Pages
340 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology, Sermons / General, Christianity / History, Institutions & Organizations
Genre
Religion
Author
Thomas B. Allen
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Dewey Decimal
270
Synopsis
"The Exorcist", a 1973 movie about a twelve-year-old girl possessed by the Devil, frightened people more than any horror film ever did. Many moviegoers sought therapy to rid themselves of fears they could not explain. Psychiatrists coined the term "cinematic neurosis" for patients who left the movie feeling a terrifying presence of demons. At the Washington premiere, a young woman stood outside the theater, trembling. "I come out here in the sunlight," she said, "and I see people's eyes, and they frighten me." Among the few moviegoers unmoved by the horror were two priests, Father William S. Bowdern and Father Walter Halloran, members of the Jesuit community at St. Louis University. "Billy came out shaking his head about the little girl bouncing on the bed and urinating on the crucifix," Halloran remembers. "He was kind of angry. 'There is a good message that can be given by this thing,' he said. The message was the fact that evil spirits operate in our world." Bowdern and Halloran knew that the movie was fictional veneer masking a terrible reality. Night after night in March and April 1949, Bowdern had been an exorcist, with Halloran assisting. Bowdern fervently believed that he had driven a demon from a tormented soul. The victim had been a thirteen-year-old boy strangely lured to St. Louis from a Maryland suburb of Washington. Bowdern's exorcism had been the inspiration for the movie. The true story of this possession, told in Possessed , is based on a diary kept by a Jesuit priest assisting Father Bowdern. The diary, the most complete account of an exorcism since the Middle Ages, is published for the first time in this revised edition of Possessed .

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  • by green1frog
    27 Mar, 2019

    Interesting and Revealing

    This book is not for everybody, as parts of it are very tedious, but for those who are curious and interested in the topic, I'd call it a must read of a real exorcism which took place in 1949. Be warned: things get worse before they get better with the child who is possessed. Parts of the story are hard to stomach, when you imagine what the child goes through, as well as what the parents and priests endure. Still, the book is hopeful in that the exorcism is ultimately successful. That said, the detail is amazing and revealing, it's not all horrifying, but at the same time, it is also not sensationalized. I gave it 4 stars on account of the parts of the narrative which seemed mind-numbing with background minutia. Still, overall, the book is very convincing regarding the reality of ...

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  • by anmau1544
    19 May, 2021

    Possed

    Wow is all i can say .good book

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