Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism by Thomas B. Allen (English) Paperback

Description: Possessed by Thomas B. Allen "The Exorcist", a 1973 movie about a twelve-year-old girl possessed by the Devil, frightened people more than any horror film ever did. Many moviegoers sought therapy to rid themselves of fears they could not explain. Psychiatrists coined the term "cinematic neurosis" for patients who left the movie feeling a terrifying presence of demons. At the Washington premiere, a young woman stood outside the theater, trembling. "I come out here in the sunlight," she said, "and I see peoples eyes, and they frighten me." Among the few moviegoers unmoved by the horror were two priests, Father William S. Bowdern and Father Walter Halloran, members of the Jesuit community at St. Louis University. "Billy came out shaking his head about the little girl bouncing on the bed and urinating on the crucifix," Halloran remembers. "He was kind of angry. There is a good message that can be given by this thing, he said. The message was the fact that evil spirits operate in our world." Bowdern and Halloran knew that the movie was fictional veneer masking a terrible reality. Night after night in March and April 1949, Bowdern had been an exorcist, with Halloran assisting. Bowdern fervently believed that he had driven a demon from a tormented soul. The victim had been a thirteen-year-old boy strangely lured to St. Louis from a Maryland suburb of Washington. Bowderns exorcism had been the inspiration for the movie. The true story of this possession, told in Possessed , is based on a diary kept by a Jesuit priest assisting Father Bowdern. The diary, the most complete account of an exorcism since the Middle Ages, is published for the first time in this revised edition of Possessed . FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Thomas B. Allen is the author of numerous history books, including "George Washington", "Spymaster" and "Remember Valley Forge". A frequent contributor to "Smithsonian Magazine", "National Geographic", "Military History Quarterly", "Military History", "Naval History", the U.S. Naval Institutes "Proceedings", and other publications, he lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Details ISBN0595132642 Author Thomas B. Allen Short Title POSSESSED M/TV Pages 348 Publisher iUniverse Language English ISBN-10 0595132642 ISBN-13 9780595132645 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2000 Residence Sarosota, FL, US Birth 1928 Subtitle The True Story of an Exorcism DOI 10.1604/9780595132645 Imprint iUniverse Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2000-09-01 NZ Release Date 2000-09-01 US Release Date 2000-09-01 UK Release Date 2000-09-01 Edition Description Updated ed. Publication Date 2000-09-01 DEWEY 264.02099409 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134716465;

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