{"product_id":"9781784284527","title":"Tales of the Possessed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea of people possessed by evil spirits against their will is as old as the hills. Often there is thought to be a special way a person has become possessed. It might be the result of a curse cast on them by a sorcerer, or some unfortunate mishap such as stepping over a dead body. Or the demons can have been invited, in a Satanic ritual. More often, at least in recent Christian tradition, there is no initiating moment that can be identified-they just find their way in, like disease. From Pearl Curran, a housewife living in St Louis, Missouri, who soared to fame in the second decade of the 20th century as the amanuensis of 'Patience Worth', a writer who had died in the 17th century, to victims of Dissociative Personality Disorder (thought to have inspired Dr Jekyll \u0026amp; Mr Hyde), this book examines demonic possession from every angle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcturus Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039047958768,"sku":"9781784284527","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784284527_p0.jpg?v=1763727888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784284527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}