Continually Existing
Consequently, the belief in demonic possession has continued to the present day – to the extent where the Roman Catholic Church is purportedly training a new breed of exorcists. Some Protestant churches have also resorted to casting demons as part of their self-proclaimed spiritual war against the powers of darkness. On the other hand, does their practice amount to anything more than a theatrical – and potentially destructive – type of psychotherapy?
Continually Existing
A Zone Of Indeterminacy
In 17th-century Sicily – and hundreds of years before the emergence of Freud and modern psychiatry – could the experiences of Sister Maria, the Loudon sisters, and countless others have been expressed in any other words than metaphysically? Who knows what the reality is, but Sister Maria’s so-called Devil’s letter is still weird enough to keep us on our toes even now. Furthermore, the most exciting parts of the story can be found in the gray spaces between reality and fantasy.
A Zone Of Indeterminacy
