This book covers every major aspect of spirit as well as demonic possessions, offering a glance into history and practices from societies all over the globe.

In the second section, religious interpretations according to each faith are presented along with the history and method of exorcism that each system of belief employs.

That is followed by the proverbial ‘casebook’ – the most famous true stories related to possession including the ones that took the world by storm, be it the case of Robbie Mannheim whose extraordinary story was the basis of the 1973 film ‘The Exorcist’ or the sad legend of Anneliese Michel.