Into the dark night and back : : the mystical writings of Jean-Joseph Surin / / edited by Moshe Sluhovsky ; translated by Patricia M. Ranum.

The French mystic Jean-Joseph Surin (1600-65) was the chief exorcist during the infamous demonic possession in Loudun in 1634-37. During the exorcism, a demon entered Surin's own soul, and the exorcist became demoniac. He spent the following eighteen years of his life mute and paralyzed. All th...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
French
Series:Jesuit Studies 19.
Physical Description:1 online resource (556 pages).
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