"Quite an interesting book . . . " -Religious Studies Review
"It is by far superior to anything else on demons we have seen in the past few years." -The American Rationalist
" . . . Goodman is to be commended for a stimulating and wide-reaching treatment of a compelling and much-debated subject." -Journal of Folklore Research
Rich in detail derived from the author's fieldwork and the anthropological literature, this work paints a picture of possession as one of the usually positive and most widespread of human religious experiences. It also details the ritual of exorcism, which is applied when things go wrong.
- ISBN10 025301462X
- ISBN13 9780253014627
- Publish Date 22 May 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 165
- Language English