The Possessed

by Brian McConnell, Ist

Satanic worshippers revel in the phenomena and new and experimental religions and cults gather more and more followers who believe that the devil is not far from controlling us all. Brian McConnell has investigated the phenomena.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published June 8, 1995

Reviews

[kashiichan]

This was a slog. Parts of it were interesting – particularly the beginning, where the author talked about demons as a concept and how that concept has integrated into our history and language over time – but so much of this book relies on the reader immediately accepting that demonic possession is not only completely real, but that "many" incidents where the Church wasn't involved (and where no claims of demonic possession were made at the time, by the sufferer or otherwise) were actually just really good examples of demonic possession. If you fail to accept that premise, the rest of the book comes across as unfounded, fearmongering nonsense.