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Spirit possession

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  • The Holy Spirit initiates the Pentecost. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).
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Catalogue

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    Spirits in culture, history, and mind / edited by Jeannette Marie Mageo and Alan Howard.

    | Date: 1996
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    Women's medicine : the zar-bori cult in Africa and beyond / edited by I.M. Lewis, Ahmed Al-Safi and Sayyid Hurreiz.

    | Date: [1991], ©1991
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    The evil spirit cast-out. Being a true relation of the manner of performing the famous operation or cure, on the maiden gentlewoman, whose body was possessed with an evil spirit : With the carriage and behaviour of the evil spirit ... the several ways and means that were used to drive or cast-out the devil ... the contest between the devil and the doctor ... the strange noise, horrid cry, and great blast of wind, which happened just at the spirits departure.

    | Date: 1691
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    The case of Saul, shewing that his disorder was a real spiritual possession, and proving ... that actual possession of spirits were generally acknowledged by the ancient writers ... First printed in the year 1777, as an appendix to A tract on the law of nature and principles of action in man. To which is added a short tract wherein the influence of demons are further illustrated by remarks on Timothy IV, 1-3 / By Granville Sharp.

    Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. | Date: 1807
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    The mind possessed : a physiology of possession, mysticism and faith healing / William Sargant.

    Sargant, William Walters. | Date: 1973
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