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Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal / Richard Gallagher, MD.

by Gallagher, Richard E. (Psychiatrist).

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Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.

Demoniac possession.

9780062876478 (hc)

Alternate title:

My 25 years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal

viii, 255 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255).

"The world's leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exorcisms and his own transformation from cynic to believer over the course of his twenty-five-year career. Successful New York psychiatrist Richard Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a hard-nosed, no-nonsense Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Meeting her, Gallagher was astonished. The woman's behavior defied logic. In an instant, she could pinpoint a person's secret weaknesses. She knew how individuals she'd never known had died, including Gallagher's own mother, who passed away after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. She spoke fluently in multiple languages, including Latin-but only when she was in a trance. This was not psychosis, Gallagher concluded. It was, in his scientific estimation, what could only be describe as paranormal ability. The woman wasn't mentally disturbed-she was possessed. This remarkable case was the first of many that Gallagher would encounter. Sought after today by leaders of all faiths-ministers, priests, rabbis and imams, Gallagher has spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history and has witnessed more cases than any other psychiatrist in the world today."--Publisher.

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