Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Martin Malachi Brendan
Title : The possession and exorcism of five living americans
Year : 1976

Link download : Martin_Malachi_Brendan_-_Hostage_to_the_devil.zip

Preface to the New Edition : Possession and Exorcism in America in the 1990s. In the blink of God's eye since Hostage to the Devil was first published in 1976, nothing has changed on the one hand. And everything has changed on the other. Nothing has changed in the process by which an individual is Possessed by personal and intelligent evil. Nothing has changed, either, in the requirements for successful Exorcism of a Possessed individual. All ofthat remains as described and summarized in the chapters and cases that follow. What have changed are the conditions of the society in which we all now live. To a far greater degree than most of us could have imagined fifteen or so years ago, a favorable climate for the occurrence of demonic Possession has developed as the normal condition of our lives. In 1976 Satanism was presented, and was probably regarded by most Americans, as a box office and a bookstore draw. In fact, Hostage to the Devil was intended as a clear warning that Possession is notnor was it ever-some tale of dark fancy featuring ogres and happy endings. Possession is real; and real prices are paid. ...