Spirit Possession
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| Volume I: History and Phenomenology of Positive Spirit Possession |
| Dedication |
| Preface and Acknowledgements |
| Forward and Chapter 1: Cognitive Capacities Involved in Spirit Possession |
| Chapter 2: Spirit Possession and the Origins of Religion |
| Chapter 3: Masking and the Control of Spirit Possession Experiences |
| Chapter 4: Spirit Possession in the Upper Paleolithic |
| Chapter 5: Spirit Possession in the Meso- and Neolithic |
| Chapter 6: Spirit Possession in the Ancient World |
| Chapter 7: Priests, Prophets, and Kings |
| Chapter 8: The Divine Kingship |
| Chapter 9: Spirit Possession Developments in Christianity |
| Chapter 10: Spirit Possession at the Birth of the World’s Religions |
| Chapter 11: Spirit Possession in Non-Western Religious Traditions |
| References |
| Index |
| Volume II: Demonic Possession and the Rites to Exorcize ‘Demons’ |
| Chapter 1: Introduction to Second Volume: The Roots of the Demonic Possession Experience |
| Chapter 2: Brain Basis of Demonic Possession |
| Chapter 3: Freud’s Treatment of Religion and Demonic Possession |
| Chapter 4: Cases with Commentary |
| Chapter 5: Nightmares and Demonic Possession |
| Chapter 6: Protection and Exorcism Rituals in Traditional Societies |
| Chapter 7: Demonic Possession and Exorcism in the Ancient Near East |
| Chapter 8: Demonic Possession in Early Christianity |
| Chapter 9: Devils, Witches and the Birth of Modernity in Europe |
| Chapter 10: The Roman Ritual of Exorcism |
| Chapter 11: Some Concluding Thoughts |
| References |
| Index |
