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'Quite an interesting book . . . ' —Religious Studies Review

'It is by far superior to anything else on demons we have seen in the past few years.' —The American Rationalist

' . . . Goodman is to be commended for a stimulating and wide-reaching treatment of a compelling and much-debated subject.' —Journal of Folklore Research

Rich in detail derived from the author's fieldwork and the anthropological literature, this work paints a picture of possession as one of the usually positive and most widespread of human religious experiences. It also details the ritual of exorcism, which is applied when things go wrong.