Alternative explanations for the cause of an illness were searched frequently if the conventional methods and medicines failed in treating diseases of which the aetiology could not beestablished. Consequently, the resulting diagnosis was often determined as bedevilment or possession. It was common practice for physicians themselves to send their patients to exorcists, if their own efforts failed to effect a cure. Those exorcists then tried to banish the evil forces from the afflicted bodies by appealing to superior opposing forces. The exorcisms ofthe sick is according to the Roman Catholic Church a sacrament. The proper practices were specified through the “Rituale Romanum” from 1614.However, not all of the healers were guided by those rul...
This book provides a sociological understanding of the phenomenon of exorcism and an analysis of the...
Complementary healers had been key figures in debates over sexual emancipation in Germany between 18...
The first part of this thesis makes an assessment of the various forms of possession witch possessio...
Alternative explanations for the cause of an illness were searched frequently if the conventional me...
In a society where Exorcism is seen by many as something from another realm and even unnecessary bec...
Excerpt: A ritual for delivering persons from satanic or demonic domination. It somewhat parallels ...
This chapter introduces this edited book as a study of exorcism within a social-scientific perspecti...
La première partie de cette thèse fait le bilan des formes de possessions sorcière, démoniaque ou li...
This paper highlights the theological reasons behind exorcism: indissociable from the duty and minis...
Abstract Background: Animal magnetism gained popularity in the 18th century specifically among Euro...
My dissertation is an in-depth examination of a late sixteenth-century Italian exorcism manual entit...
The term „exorcism” comes from the Latin exorcismus and from the Greek term, which originally meant ...
In the Bavaria of 1775, the popular exorcist practices performed by the catholic priest Johann Josep...
This article makes some observation on the relationship between the Catholic Church and the New Age....
Western Medicine and contemporary clinical approaches to psychological disorders alone do not provid...
This book provides a sociological understanding of the phenomenon of exorcism and an analysis of the...
Complementary healers had been key figures in debates over sexual emancipation in Germany between 18...
The first part of this thesis makes an assessment of the various forms of possession witch possessio...
Alternative explanations for the cause of an illness were searched frequently if the conventional me...
In a society where Exorcism is seen by many as something from another realm and even unnecessary bec...
Excerpt: A ritual for delivering persons from satanic or demonic domination. It somewhat parallels ...
This chapter introduces this edited book as a study of exorcism within a social-scientific perspecti...
La première partie de cette thèse fait le bilan des formes de possessions sorcière, démoniaque ou li...
This paper highlights the theological reasons behind exorcism: indissociable from the duty and minis...
Abstract Background: Animal magnetism gained popularity in the 18th century specifically among Euro...
My dissertation is an in-depth examination of a late sixteenth-century Italian exorcism manual entit...
The term „exorcism” comes from the Latin exorcismus and from the Greek term, which originally meant ...
In the Bavaria of 1775, the popular exorcist practices performed by the catholic priest Johann Josep...
This article makes some observation on the relationship between the Catholic Church and the New Age....
Western Medicine and contemporary clinical approaches to psychological disorders alone do not provid...
This book provides a sociological understanding of the phenomenon of exorcism and an analysis of the...
Complementary healers had been key figures in debates over sexual emancipation in Germany between 18...
The first part of this thesis makes an assessment of the various forms of possession witch possessio...