{"product_id":"9780143135470","title":"The Penguin Book of Exorcisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eLevitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our time: In 2019 the Vatican convened 250 priests from 50 countries for a weeklong seminar on exorcism. 'The Penguin Book of Exorcisms' brings together the most astonishing accounts: Saint Anthony set upon by demons in the form of a lion, a bull, and a panther, who are no match for his devotion and prayer; the Prophet Muhammad casting an enemy of God out of a young boy; fox spirits in medieval China and Japan; a headless bear assaulting a woman in sixteenth-century England; the possession in the French town of Loudun of an entire convent of Ursuline nuns; a Zulu woman who floated to a height of five feet almost daily amongst many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Joseph \/ Laycock","offer_id":39803161968688,"sku":"9780143135470","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/products\/9780143135470_607fd829-39a4-45ca-b809-6f3b6e7de6dc.jpg?v=1636655180","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/9780143135470","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}