The Case Against Satan

By the 20th century, the centuries-old Roman Catholic exorcism ritual for combatting demonic possession was all but dead, eviscerated by the ascent of modern science and rationalism. But Ray Russell's 1962 novel, The Case Against Satan, set the stage for a proliferation of exorcisms on page, screen, and even bizarrely, in real life.

Pana in secolul al XX-lea, ritualul de exorcizare romano-catolic, vechi de secole, pentru combaterea posedarilor demonice, era aproape mort, eviscerat de ascensiunea stiintei moderne si a rationalismului. Insa romanul lui Ray Russell din 1962, ,,Cazul impotriva lui Satan", a pregatit scena pentru o proliferare a exorcizarilor pe pagini, pe ecran si chiar, in mod bizar, in viata reala.