Possession of a human being or an animal by a fictitious malevolent spirit entity

Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching by J.D. de Montalegre and M.H. Rentz.

The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure her possessed daughter; she points to a dog, to which she compares herself. Etching by P. del Po after Annibale Carracci.

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Saint Benedict exorcising through prayer a man possessed by demons. Etching by G.M. Giovannini after L. Carracci.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.

A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching.

Christ heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan. Etching by Simpson after S. Wale.

Christ healing a group of sick people. Engraving by A. Schaufele, 1851, after J. Grünenwald.

1 print : etching ; platemark 33.1 x 21 cm

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0014284: Saint Catherine of Siena delivering a possessed woman

A review of the controversy about the meaning of Demoniacks in the New -Testament. In Which Mr. Hutchinson's Sermon at Oxford, about the usual Interpretation of ^D!ge^D!aaminoee, The Reply to the Further Enquiry, Mr. Twells's Answer to the Further Enquiry. And A Tract, entitled, Some Thoughts on the Miracles of Jesus, by an Impartial Hand, Are Consider'd. By a lover of truth

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Demoniac possession

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

M0014284: Saint Catherine of Siena delivering a possessed woman

Demoniac possession

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Images referencing Demoniac possession

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

M0014284: Saint Catherine of Siena delivering a possessed woman

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