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The Rite - The Making of a Modern Day Exorcist (Paperback)
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The Rite - The Making of a Modern Day Exorcist (Paperback)
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Price R311
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In 2005 a Vatican-run university opened its doors to priests from
around the world, running a course for would-be exorcists. Looking
for a story, Rome-based investigative journalist Matt Baglio
attended the class, and there met Father Gary Thomas - a
Californian priest who had been chosen to attend by his bishop.
Father Gary was concerned that many of the 'possessed' were in
reality suffering from psychological disorders best left to the
care of doctors. How and why his view changed is the subject of
this book. We follow Father Gary's year-long training with a senior
exorcist as he is transformed from a doubter into a believer.
Baglio gained unprecedented access to this world, including
participating in exorcisms and culminating with Fr. Gary's own
fearsome confrontation with the Devil. Woven into his story is the
fascinating history of exorcism, its rites and rituals, and the
ways and reasons that people become possessed. Matt Baglio speaks
to psychologists and detectives, as well as Vatican clergy, to
wrinkle out the truth about this most Gothic of subjects. THE RITE
is proof that the truth about demonic possession is not only
stranger than fiction, but far more chilling.
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