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Les Dossiers du GRIHL, 2007 « A trip into Hell or a teen girl’s dream ? Young woman’s curious revelations in The Gascon extravagant »1637. The demonic possession of the Ursulines of Loudun enters its sensationalist stage.
Sophie Houdard
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Российский психологический журнал, 2018 This paper examines how young men and girls, who belong to the Islamic confession, experience mythological fears associated with the so-called “demonic possession”.
Razet E. Grimsoltanova +5 more
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Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, 2022 This article describes the principles of sihr (sorcery) from an Islamic perspective, starting with discussion of how to become a sorcerer and how to perform sorcery with the help of satanic djinns and amulets.
Michael Marlow
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Religions, 2019 This paper traces Adriaan Koerbagh’s interpretation of biblical devils and scriptural instances of demonic possession in his 1668 Een Ligt Schijnende in Duystere Plaatsen (A light shining in dark places). Koerbagh’s book is a radical exponent
Ismael del Olmo
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‘The very deceitfulness of devils’: Firmilian and the doubtful baptisms of a woman possessed by demons [PDF]
, 2016 In the mid-third century, a controversy relating to the validity of baptism by the lapsed broke out between Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, and Stephen, bishop of Rome.
Methuen, Charlotte
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Humans as Animals, Animals as Humans in Seventeenth-Century Russia
Вивліоѳика, 2018 The boundary between human and animal in seventeenth-century Russia was more porous than has been realized. In several witchcraft cases supposedly-bewitched humans were described as speaking like animals.
Charles J Halperin, Ann M Kleimola
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Jesus en demoonuitdrywing: ’n ondersoek na Jesus se hantering van demone volgens die Evangelies
In die Skriflig, 2006 Jesus and exorcism: an investigation of Jesus’ dealing with demons according to the Gospels In view of present-day reports of demon-possession and often disputable practices of exorcism, a study is made of these phenomena in the Gospels. According to
F. P. Viljoen
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Tourette's syndrome: from demonic possession and psychoanalysis to the discovery of gene
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2012 In this paper we make a brief historical review of the hypothesis concerning the etiology of Tourette's syndrome (TS), focusing on varying trends over time: at first, its presumed relation to witchcraft and demonic possessions, followed by the ...
Francisco M.B. Germiniani +4 more
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A brief history of psychosurgery
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2019 Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders has changed significantly over years. Our understanding of aetiology of psychiatric disorders has evolved from demonic possession to specific neurobiological mechanism.
K Priya Nayak, A T Safeekh
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Face-to-face: Social work and evil [PDF]
, 2014 The concept of evil continues to feature in public discourses and has been reinvigorated in some academic disciplines and caring professions. This article navigates social workers through the controversy surrounding evil so that they are better equipped ...
A. G. Miller +20 more
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