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Book Synopsis The Exorcist's Apprentice by : Mark Lukens
Download or read book The Exorcist's Apprentice written by Mark Lukens and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the Roman Catholic Church has employed a select few to investigate the most extreme cases of demonic possession, haunted places, and paranormal activity. Often, the calling of an Investigator is passed down from father to son. After surviving a tragic accident, seventeen year old Danny Lambert is sent to live with his father, Paul, who is an Investigator for the Church. At first Danny resists the calling to become an Investigator, but after the horrors he sees, he agrees to begin training with his father. Danny and Paul are given their first assignment: the haunting of a house in a remote corner of upstate New York. Inside the house Danny will discover a horrifying, mind-blowing secret that will not only change his life, but how he sees everything forever.
Download or read book The Rite written by Matt Baglio and published by Image. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the film starring Anthony Hopkins, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today. Father Gary Thomas was working as a parish priest in California when he was asked by his bishop to travel to Rome for training in the rite of exorcism. Though initially surprised, and slightly reluctant, he accepted this call, and enrolled in a new exorcism course at a Vatican-affiliated university, which taught him, among other things, how to distinguish between a genuine possession and mental illness. Eventually he would go on to participate in more than eighty exorcisms as an apprentice to a veteran Italian exorcist. His experiences profoundly changed the way he viewed the spiritual world, and as he moved from rational skeptic to practicing exorcist he came to understand the battle between good and evil in a whole new light. Journalist Matt Baglio had full access to Father Gary over the course of his training, and much of what he learned defies explanation. The Rite provides fascinating vignettes from the lives of exorcists and people possessed by demons, including firsthand accounts of exorcists at work casting out demons, culminating in Father Gary's own confrontations with the Devil. Baglio also traces the history of exorcism, revealing its rites and rituals, explaining what the Catholic Church really teaches about demonic possession, and delving into such related topics as the hierarchy of angels and demons, satanic cults, black masses, curses, and the various theories used by modern scientists and anthropologists who seek to quantify such phenomena. Written with an investigative eye that will captivate both skeptics and believers alike, The Rite shows that the truth about demonic possession is not only stranger than fiction, but also far more chilling.
Book Synopsis Burmese Supernaturalism by : Melford E. Spiro
Download or read book Burmese Supernaturalism written by Melford E. Spiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the people of Burma, now called Myanmar, are formally Buddhist, their folk religion a type of animism or supernaturalism is so unlike classical Buddhism that it seems contradictory. For years scholars of religion and anthropology have debated the questions: Do these folk beliefs make up a separate religious system? Or is there a subtle merging of supernaturalism and Buddhism, a kind of syncretism? In either case, how exactly does folk religion fit into the overall religious pattern? Melford Spiro's Burmese Supernaturalism has been one of the major works in this debate, both for its position on the "two religions" question and for its arguments concerning the psychological basis of religion. The book begins with an introduction to the study of supernaturalism. The next section of the work covers various types of supernaturalism, including witches, ghost, and demons. Other areas of discussion include supernaturally caused illness and its treatment, the shaman, the exorcist, and the relationship between supernaturalism and Buddhism. In the introduction to this expanded edition Spiro further develops the underlying logic of his argument and evaluates the most recent contributions to the field of the anthropology of religion. Burmese Supernaturalism is an intriguing study and will provide insightful reading for anthropologists, sociologists, theologians, as well as those interested in supernaturalism in Burma (Myanmar) and other cultures.
Book Synopsis The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 3 by : Ito Iino
Download or read book The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 3 written by Ito Iino and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter has arrived at the Royal Academy, bringing the annual student ball. Whoever one takes as their partner in the first dance is expected to become the person’s future spouse. As such, Nicola and Sieghart prepare to reveal their engagement to the world. Jealous actors, however, seek to destroy their love by inflicting whatever carnage they deem necessary. Romance and horror play second and third fiddle to a bona fide mystery in this final installment. After all they’ve been through together, will Nicola and Sieghart let anyone tear them apart? And what do these goings-on, if anything, have to do with the latest series of ghost stories students have been spreading around the school?
Book Synopsis A Celebration of Demons by : Bruce Kapferer
Download or read book A Celebration of Demons written by Bruce Kapferer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general.
Book Synopsis When Life Gives You Demons by : Jennifer Honeybourn
Download or read book When Life Gives You Demons written by Jennifer Honeybourn and published by Swoon Reads. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart and funny YA novel from Jennifer Honeybourn, When Life Gives You Demons Some people have school spirit. Shelby Black has real ones. Shelby Black has spent the past six months training to be an exorcist. Her great-uncle Roy—a Catholic priest—has put her through exorcist boot camp hell, hoping to develop her talent, but ohmygod, he still doesn’t trust her to do an exorcism on her own. High school is hard enough without having to explain that you fight demons for a living, so Shelby keeps her extracurricular activity to herself. The last thing she wants is for her crush, Spencer, to find out what she does in her off time. But Shelby knows how to keep a secret—even a big one. Like the fact that her mom left under mysterious circumstances and it’s all her fault. Shelby is hellbent on finding her mom, no matter what it costs her—even if what it ends up costing her is her soul AND a relationship with Spencer. Praise for Wesley James Ruined My Life: "Everything readers expect and want from a lighthearted summer teen romance....Pitch-perfect." —School Library Journal "Light, cute, and a quick read." —The Eater of Books “Immensely readable, utterly charming and absolutely un-put-downable.” —Jennifer McKenzie
Book Synopsis The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 2 by : Ito Iino
Download or read book The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 2 written by Ito Iino and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome with survivor’s guilt, Nicola von Weber plans to visit the grave of a vanquished foe. In this journey, the usual suspects who constantly consult her on matters of the occult—Sieghart, Alois, and Ernst—accompany her, along with two new faces. The young adventurers’ weekend trip away from the royal capital to the March of Ludendorff and Luneburg turns into one filled with pleasant and horrific surprises. How will Nicola resolve a ghoulish conspiracy involving the disappearances of a number of children from a lakeside town? And what will become of her budding romance with Sieghart as her father’s imminent elevation to the rank of marquess has made her a candidate for marriage to the prince? Although Nicola knows she will never marry Alois, she is unsure about doing so with Sieghart...
Book Synopsis Blue Exorcist, Vol. 20 by : Kazue Kato
Download or read book Blue Exorcist, Vol. 20 written by Kazue Kato and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The holiday season falls upon True Cross Academy, and Rin and his friends kick things off with a combined birthday and Christmas party. More happy news comes as they are invited to Kyoto for the New Year’s wedding of Shima’s older brother. But underneath the festivities runs a feeling of great uneasiness—tension grows between Yukio and Rin as they question the truth of the circumstances of their birth and who their mother really was. Elsewhere, Lightning continues to press the suspects of his investigation of the Illuminati. Sooner or later, something’s got to give... -- VIZ Media
Book Synopsis The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 1 by : Ito Iino
Download or read book The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 1 written by Ito Iino and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an untimely death, a Shinto exorcist finds herself reincarnated into another world as Miss Nicola von Weber. And that’s just the start of her troubles. On Nicola’s first day at a new school, she’s reunited with her childhood friend Sieghart. He’s now a handsome marquess who acts like a spoiled child around her, and wherever he goes, strange incidents follow. You see, Sieghart’s beauty attracts both people and...otherworldly admirers. Nicola thus has to put her homework aside and use her skills as an exorcist to save him—all while trying to avoid his inevitable proposal, for Sieghart once swore he’d never marry anyone but her. And so Nicola’s hectic, haunted life continues with a splash of romance, which she almost finds more annoying than the ghosts. All Nicola wants is normalcy, and this is the story of how she’ll (try to) get it.
Book Synopsis Blue Exorcist, Vol. 16 by : Kazue Kato
Download or read book Blue Exorcist, Vol. 16 written by Kazue Kato and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surge of demonic activity around the world has the Knights of the True Cross worried at the highest levels. An important meeting at the Vatican will have serious effects on the lives of Rin and his Exwire friends. Back at True Cross Academy, the students get a sense that something is brewing with the arrival of an unexpected and definitely unconventional new instructor! Meanwhile, Yukio struggles to understand the strange fire in his eyes, a fire he has kept secret from everyone. Can he confront the flames inside him alone, or will they consume him? -- VIZ Media
Book Synopsis A Sorcerer's Apprentice by : John Herlosky
Download or read book A Sorcerer's Apprentice written by John Herlosky and published by Trine Day. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the fascinating story of one man's journey into the realm of the fantastic: the CIA-sponsored psychic spies with the ability to extend their consciousness to accurately describe targets not only half a world away but to look into the future as well. It all sounded like science fiction to John Herlosky after reading an expose by former member of the CIA's Project Stargate, Dr. David Morehouse. Two years later, skeptical but intrigued by the possibilities implied, John entered the classroom of Dr. Morehouse to find out the truth—and never looked back. Sorcerer's Apprentice is an autobiographical account of the author's experience learning the CIA-sponsored scientifically validated form of extrasensory perception called "remote viewing." The book chronicles the author's journey from interested skeptic to operational remote viewer working his first mission as well as his former life as a police officer and private military contractor. He takes you on a journey from the crushing depths and pathos of the wreck of the Titanic to the fate of a downed pilot missing for 19 years from the first Gulf War. Witness the personal turmoil as the author's long-held beliefs clash with the powerful implications of his experiences.
Book Synopsis In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice by : Daniel Ogden
Download or read book In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice written by Daniel Ogden and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice is the first book in English to be devoted to Lucian's Philopseudes or Lover of Lies (c. 170s AD). It comprises an extensive discussion, with full translation, of this engaging and satirical Greek text with its ten tales of magic and ghosts. One of these is the famous story of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and this conveys the flavour of the rest. In other tales a plague of snakes is blasted with a miraculous scorching breath, a woman is drawn to her admirer by an animated cupid doll, and a haunted house is cleansed of its monstrous ghost. The Philopseudes stands at the intersection of three of the liveliest fields in the study of antiquity: magic, traditional narratives, and the Lucianic oeuvre itself. Ogden's cross-fertilising expertise in all three of these fields enables him to build sophisticated analyses for each of the tales and to place them sensitively in their historical, cultural and literary contexts. Among the themes of the work are Lucian's methods of adapting motifs from traditional narratives, and the text's overlooked Cynic voice.
Book Synopsis The Spook's Sacrifice by : Joseph Delaney
Download or read book The Spook's Sacrifice written by Joseph Delaney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spook's Sacrifice is the sixth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles – over 3 million copies sold worldwide! 'Witches, Mam? We've made an alliance with witches?' As the Spook's apprentice, Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece to rise up against one of the Old Gods, the Ordeen. But what secret is Mam keeping from Tom? And what sacrifices must be made in the battle against the dark?
Download or read book Master of None written by Sonya Bateman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE UNLUCKY THIEF. ONE UNLIKELY GENIE. ONE VERY ODD COUPLE. Gavyn Donatti is the world’s unluckiest thief. Just ask all the partners he’s lost over the years. And when he misplaces an irreplaceable item he was hired to steal for his ruthless employer, Trevor—well, his latest bungle just might be his last. But then his luck finally turns: right when Trevor’s thugs have him cornered, a djinn, otherwise known as a genie, appears to save him. Unfortunately, this genie—who goes by the very non-magical name of “Ian”—is more Hellboy than dream girl. An overgrown and extremely surly man who seems to hate Donatti on the spot, he may call Donatti master, but he isn’t interested in granting three wishes. He informs Donatti that he is bound to help the thief fulfill his life’s purpose, and then he will be free. The problem is that neither Donatti nor Ian has any idea what exactly that purpose is. At first Donatti’s too concerned with his own survival to look a gift genie in the mouth, but when his ex-girlfriend Jazz and her young son get drawn into the crossfire, the stakes skyrocket. And when Ian reveals that he has an agenda of his own—with both Donatti and the murderous Trevor at the center of it—Donatti will have to become the man he never knew he could be, or the entire world could pay the price. . . .
Book Synopsis Summary of Matt Baglio's The Rite by : Everest Media,
Download or read book Summary of Matt Baglio's The Rite written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-30T22:59:00Z with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On October 13, 2005, Father Gary Thomas stepped out onto Via delle Fornaci in Rome. He was there to visit the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which was the gatekeeper of Church doctrine. He felt he was part of something bigger than himself. #2 In the winter of 2005, Father Gary was assigned to be an exorcist by his bishop. He was surprised when his friend Father Kevin Joyce told him that the Vatican had sent a letter to every diocese in the United States asking that an exorcist be appointed. #3 The appointment of an exorcist caught Father Gary off guard, but he was willing to accept the role. He knew he had the stomach for anything to help people, and he was excited to learn more about the Devil. #4 In Italy, exorcism is becoming more and more popular. There are now over 350 officially appointed exorcists, and the police have created a special squad to investigate the phenomena.
Book Synopsis Transnational Transcendence by : Thomas J. Csordas
Download or read book Transnational Transcendence written by Thomas J. Csordas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative collection examines the transnational movements, effects, and transformations of religion in the contemporary world, offering a fresh perspective on the interrelation between globalization and religion. Transnational Transcendence challenges some widely accepted ideas about this relationship—in particular, that globalization can be understood solely as an economic phenomenon and that its religious manifestations are secondary. The book points out that religion's role remains understudied and undertheorized as an element in debates about globalization, and it raises questions about how and why certain forms of religious practice and intersubjectivity succeed as they cross national and cultural boundaries. Framed by Thomas J. Csordas's introduction, this timely volume both urges further development of a theory of religion and globalization and constitutes an important step toward that theory.
Download or read book Ancient Enemy written by Mark Lukens and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been asleep for centuries and now it's awake. It wants things ... Seven hundred years ago the Anasazi people built massive cities in what is now the Southwestern United States ... and then they vanished. Stella, an archeologist and David, a mysterious Navajo boy, are on the run from something terrifying.
