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"Martin's polished contemporary sense of traditional theology entices even the skeptical.... Stunningly pertinent ...Will set you thinking-and thinking-and thinking." -- -- Detroit News
"Martin is above all serious. He is not speaking about madness, about illusions or the irrational, but about the real beyond all reason.... He presents exorcism as ... a titanic clash of wills that threatens the lives, the sanity, even the souls of all attending." -- Newsweek
"Martin's polished contemporary sense of traditional theology entices even the skeptical.... Stunningly pertinent ...Will set you thinking-and thinking-and thinking." -- Detroit News
"The most shattering book on demonic possession isn't fiction at all but Malachi Martin's spellbinding work of interpretive reporting." -- New York (Sunday) Daily News
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One On One With Satan
A chilling and highly convincing account of possession and exorcism in modern America, hailed by NBC Radio as "one of the most stirring books on the contemporary scene."
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An Intercessor's Plea,
By LINDA (Illinios) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hostage To The Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans (Paperback)
* Satan is roaming the earth, seeking whom he may devour(1Peter 5:8). Many souls are ripe for his tormenting in a socieity where a man's opinion is his God (2TIM 4:3-4) and secular humanism runs rampant.This book sheds light on many of the enemy's tactics.It also empowers the believer in Christ with true knowledge and effective weapons (Ephesians 6:10-17 Remember the Word, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, and the prayers of the saints).* Martin is a former professor at the Vatian's Pontifical Biblical Institute.He researched and interviewed 5 exorcists and 5 cases of possession. He tells the story of each priest's calling and the circumstances leading to each possession. His prose will captivate you and you'll invite him back for more. I've read this book several times and distributed numerous copies as gifts. * Martin is Catholic and I'm a Protestant Assemblies of God believer. This book breaks the DEMONINATION BARRIERS.Jesus is the vine(John 15).Who loves Jesus? John 14:21 states," Whoever has my commands and obeys them, He is the one who loves me....." * Martin explores the spiritual fight that occurs in exorcism (aka deliverance) and details the battle for the soul.The will of the possessed, the strength of the priest's faith, and the crafty tactics of the devil's hordes all play a part in 5 climatic victory testimonies for Jesus....
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Horrifying yet fascinating.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hostage To The Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans (Paperback)
I read this book b/c I find the material fascinating, albeit horrifying. The topic that is discussed in the book, demonic possession, is something that I find rather interesting. I have read other books, accounts and seen the movies. As a fan of the macabre, I thought I have heard it all. This book totally changed my perception. It makes "The Exorcist" look like Dr. Suess. In fact, I read the first case study, Zio and the Smiler and took it back to the bookstore. What I read was so disgusting, explicit and nauseating that I had trouble falling asleep for 2 days. It reaches into the unimaginable part of the human soul and psyche. The vileness and ugliness of these accounts startles the imagination. This book is definately NOT for the faint of heart, nor the weak in constitution. I find it difficult to believe that one can sustain the type of physical, emotional and spiritual torture that accompanies the possessed. This book will make you reassess your spiritual outlook. It leaves the reader with an utterly claustrophobic feeling and the need to come up for air every now and again. I caution any parent who have children in the house to not leave this book out casually. It may affect a younger or sensitive person adversely. Hideous, sanguinous and wretched, "Hostage to the Devil" will keep the reader entraced and may serve some good....it will make you believe in evil. And when evil is acknowledged, as this book implies, only then can it be conquered.
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Real-life cases from the '60s and '70s,
By Auroran (Aurora, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hostage To The Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans (Paperback)
Martin, an experienced exorcist, presents five full true-life accounts of demonic possession from the 1960s and 1970s. The book is made more interesting by the fact that each case has a different exorcist with his own personality, history, and flaws. (Martin's personal career as an exorcist was primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. He is apparently more of a consultant on such matters now.)Interestingly, a Web site claims to quote from a Martin interview that, in his opinion, "Cases of possession and obsession have increased about 750% since the early 1970's." It is therefore doubly unfortunate that so many skeptical bishops have effectively forbidden the use of exorcism in their jurisdictions.
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