"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

• Foreword by Linda DeghPrefaceChapter 1 Possession's Many FacesChapter 2 SpiritualismChapter 3 Healing in UmbandaChapter 4 Pentecostalism: A New Force in ChristendomChapter 5 The Dangerous Spirits of JapanChapter 6 The Multiple Personality Experience and Demonic PossessionChapter 7 The Ghosts That KillChapter 8 A Legion of DemonsChapter 9 Two Recent Cases of Demonic PossessionConclusion How About Demons—and Other Spirits?NotesBibliographyIndex

"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

• Foreword by Linda DeghPrefaceChapter 1 Possession's Many FacesChapter 2 SpiritualismChapter 3 Healing in UmbandaChapter 4 Pentecostalism: A New Force in ChristendomChapter 5 The Dangerous Spirits of JapanChapter 6 The Multiple Personality Experience and Demonic PossessionChapter 7 The Ghosts That KillChapter 8 A Legion of DemonsChapter 9 Two Recent Cases of Demonic PossessionConclusion How About Demons—and Other Spirits?NotesBibliographyIndex

"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

• Foreword by Linda DeghPrefaceChapter 1 Possession's Many FacesChapter 2 SpiritualismChapter 3 Healing in UmbandaChapter 4 Pentecostalism: A New Force in ChristendomChapter 5 The Dangerous Spirits of JapanChapter 6 The Multiple Personality Experience and Demonic PossessionChapter 7 The Ghosts That KillChapter 8 A Legion of DemonsChapter 9 Two Recent Cases of Demonic PossessionConclusion How About Demons—and Other Spirits?NotesBibliographyIndex