The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

Felicitas D. Goodman

ISBN 10: 0385157894 / ISBN 13: 9780385157896

Published by Doubleday, 1981

About this Item

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Goodman to previous owner. Original scarce hardcover in jacket, first edition stated. Condition: a few pages (maybe 8 or 10) have some underlining at the beginning of book; could be a few stray instances with text in other places. Translucent stain one page edge. Some age-toning to the pages, ordinary reading wear. Jacket has some rubbing and scuffing along edges and corners; few chips and tear mostly at top/bottom jacket spine; some soiling. Very decent, signed copy in about good plus condition.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1696787153873

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385157894
• ISBN 13: 9780385157896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

In 1976 a young German girl named Anneliese Michel underwent a series of exorcisms. The rites were administered by two priests of the Catholic Church to free Anneliese of the six demons they believed possessed her. Seemingly as a result of the exorcisms the girl died. Worldwide publicity followed when the girl's parents and the two exorcists were brought to trial and convicted of negligent homicide. Here a noted anthropologist offers her own interpretation of the exorcisms of Anneliese Michel. Drawing on interviews with the two exorcists, the girl's parents and friends, transcripts of the trial, and tape recordings made during the exorcisms as well as studies of religious experience in various cultures Felicitas Goodman has written a fascinating, compelling book, one that finally tells what happened in this strange case as it delves into the age-old mystery of demonic possession.

About the Author

Felicitas D. Goodman (1914-2005) was Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. A Religious Anthropologist, she wrote numerous books including Speaking in Tongues; How About Demons? Where the Spirits Ride the Wind; and Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality. In 1978 she founded the Cuyamungue Institute, based in Sante Fe, New Mexico. The institute is a nonprofit anthropoligical research and teaching institution specializing in ecstatic trance and the use of ritual body postures. To learn more about Dr. Goodman and her work visit www.ritualbodypostures.com .