Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal

Gallagher, Richard E. (Psychiatrist) (author.).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 0062876473
ISBN: 9780062876478
Physical Description: print
viii, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.