EXORCISING AN EPILEPTIC
The extraordinary affliction, and gracious relief of a little boy; supposed to be the effects of spiritual agency. Carefully examined, and faithfully narrated; with Observations on Demonic Possession, and Animadversions on Superstition.
Plymouth.
Printed and sold for the Author by J. Williams, 1822.
Second edition.
[3], 6-156pp, [2]. Without half-title.
[Bound with:] HEATON, James. Farther observations on Demonic Possession, and animadversions on some of the curious arts of Superstition, &c. Frome. Printed for the author. First edition. 114pp.
12mo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary bookplate of Walter Wilson to FEP, internally clean and crisp.
[Bound with:] HEATON, James. Farther observations on Demonic Possession, and animadversions on some of the curious arts of Superstition, &c. Frome. Printed for the author. First edition. 114pp.
12mo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary bookplate of Walter Wilson to FEP, internally clean and crisp.
A notable account of demonic possession recorded by Methodist minister James Heaton who in 1820 successfully 'exorcised' a ten-year-old boy displaying symptoms of a demoniac. Originally published under the title The Demon Expelled [etc.] in Plymouth in 1820, this second edition was expanded and re-titled following criticism. The boy, who displayed strange lapses of memory, phantom sensations, and fits, was considered cured by Christ. A list of ten people within serves as an 'attestation to the truth of the narrative'.
Walter Scott (1779-1858), President and Theological Tutor at Airedale College in Bradford, notes in The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved: And Their Agency, Particularly in Relation to the Human Race, Explained and Illustrated, that despite 'the integrity and good intentions of the narrator', he can 'have little doubt that it was a case of epilepsy, united, perhaps, with some other disorders.'
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 19744
Walter Scott (1779-1858), President and Theological Tutor at Airedale College in Bradford, notes in The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved: And Their Agency, Particularly in Relation to the Human Race, Explained and Illustrated, that despite 'the integrity and good intentions of the narrator', he can 'have little doubt that it was a case of epilepsy, united, perhaps, with some other disorders.'
