[Magdalen] Exorcism

[Sibyl Smirl]

Yes, I do believe in The Devil and in his lesser devils, and that they 
can possess people.  The main reason that I give for that is that Our 
Lord obviously believed, and much more consistently in the Gospels than 
could be accounted for by medieval and ancient insertions.

Have you ever read any of M. Scott Peck's books?  I read several of them 
more than twenty years ago, when I was getting involved in The Episcopal 
Church, and immersed myself in everything I could find about it.  At 
least one, I think more than one, had a very chilling section on 
Exorcism.  He is a Psychiatrist, an MD, and well-trained in the basic 
discipline and viewpoint, but his viewpoint is much wider than that, and 
spiritual.  You can find his books listed on Amazon.com.  Unfortunately, 
I can't remember which had the most coverage of Exorcism.  It would have 
been of those published before about 1995.


On 12/8/15 8:18 AM, Ian Gomersall wrote:
> I wonder what people's views are on evil as an entity - and so also on
> exorcism.
>
> We're running an occasional series on Big Questions at our church and
> Exorcism is the current one.
>
> Have a look at:
>   https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/exorcism-a-big-question/
> <https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/exorcism-a-big-question/>
>
> When I think of some of the evil things that groups of people have done /
> do, I can't help but think the whole is greater than the sum of the parts



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Sibyl Smirl
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