An exploration of the wild spirits that once roamed the lands and inhabited the waters and the pagan rites used to gain their good will • Explores medieval st

A guided tour through the burgeoning business of exorcism and the darker side of American life. There is no other religious ritual more fascinating, or more dis

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A powerful, rage-filled entity throws a man across a room. An incubus heralds his attacks with the smell of burnt cookies. A demon disguises itself as a guardia

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-d