Girl Possessed

Author : Reussie Miliardario
Publisher : Reussie Miliardario
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781461184898

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Girl Possessed by Reussie Miliardario Pdf

Aside from the hump on her back, aside from the fact that she hides away in an island cave near Hollywood, aside from the fact that music plays in her mind, Cordellia Dressemme seems like an ordinary teenager. At least Cordellia thought she was ordinary, that is before the U.S. economy crash and before alluring music began playing in her mind, music that only she and the most devilishly handsome bad boy can hear.Why is she so undeniably drawn to this mysterious boy with wicked silver eyes and a crooked grin that makes her body tingle all over? And why did he take her away to enchanting woods with mesmerizing waterfalls and a spellbinding lake only to avoid her like the plague?But, worse than that, the music possesses her thoughts. It draws her to the boy and to aprohibited place. So many seductive tunes and the dreams and the visions... It lures her to the point of near madness to a place that could kill her andeveryone she loves. But, she can't help it--when she sees the boy running toward the forbidden, she can't help but chase after him, she can't help but sacrifice everything for him. He is her other half even if he is entirely bad.

Author : Christopher J. Olson,CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498519090

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Possessed Women, Haunted States by Christopher J. Olson,CarrieLynn D. Reinhard Pdf

Since the release of The Exorcist in 1973, there has been a surge of movies depicting young women becoming possessed by a demonic force that only male religious figures can exorcise, thereby saving the women from eventual damnation. This book considers this history of exorcism cinema by analyzing how the traditional exorcism narrative, established in The Exorcist, recurs across the exorcism subgenre to represent the effects of demonic possession and ritual exorcism. This traditional exorcism narrative often functions as the central plot of the exorcism film, with only the rare film deviating from this structure. The analysis presented in this book considers how exorcism films reflect, reinforce or challenge this traditional exorcism narrative. Using various cultural and critical theories, this book examines how representations of possession and exorcism reflect, reinforce or challenge prevailing social, cultural, and historical views of women, minorities, and homosexuals. In particular, exorcism films appear to explore tensions or fears regarding empowered and sexually active women, and frequently reinforce the belief that such individuals need to be subjugated and disempowered so that they no longer pose a threat to those around them. Even more recent films, produced after the emergence of third wave feminism, typically reflect this concern about women. Very rarely do exorcism films present empowered women and feminine sexuality as non-threatening. In examining this subgenre of horror films, this book looks at films that have not received much critical scrutiny regarding the messages they contain and how they relate to and comment upon the historical periods in which they were produced and initially received. Given the results of this analysis, this book concludes on the necessity to examine how possession and exorcism are portrayed in popular culture.

Author : Marilyn Hering
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450279994

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A Woman Possessed by Marilyn Hering Pdf

In 1913, silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike, demanding an eight-hour work day and better working conditionsreasonable requests that nevertheless led to the arrest of over 1,800 people. Young Eleanor OBannion was not arrested, but she was there. Living in the tenements of Paterson, she survived near starvation, poverty, and illness. She survived with the yearnings of love. Her heart belongs to the charismatic and passionate Dante Ravelli, a union leader, supporting the workers at the Great Silk Strike. But can Eleanor trust him to love her back? Against her better judgment, she decides to marry Charles Lafferty, the wealthy son of a silk baron. Charles is stable, dependable, and safe. So why does she continue to think about the dashing Ravelli? Eleanor carries her own secret past, and this secret robs her of any happiness as she struggles to look to the future and find fulfilling love with her husband. She has survived so much; she knows she will continue to thrive. Any choice she makes will hurt a man she loves. Who will she choose in the end: Ravelli or Charlesor perhaps, her own liberation?

Author : John Hagee
Publisher : Worthy Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781617955785

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The Three Heavens by John Hagee Pdf

As sales of Hagee's current New York Times bestseller, Four Blood Moons, continue to soar, hundreds of thousands of readers have had their thirst whetted to know what is to come at the end of this world . . . heaven itself! Hagee's national media power assures another mega-bestseller.

Author : Reussie Miliardario
Publisher : Reussie Miliardario
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781461184898

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Girl Possessed by Reussie Miliardario Pdf

Aside from the hump on her back, aside from the fact that she hides away in an island cave near Hollywood, aside from the fact that music plays in her mind, Cordellia Dressemme seems like an ordinary teenager. At least Cordellia thought she was ordinary, that is before the U.S. economy crash and before alluring music began playing in her mind, music that only she and the most devilishly handsome bad boy can hear.Why is she so undeniably drawn to this mysterious boy with wicked silver eyes and a crooked grin that makes her body tingle all over? And why did he take her away to enchanting woods with mesmerizing waterfalls and a spellbinding lake only to avoid her like the plague?But, worse than that, the music possesses her thoughts. It draws her to the boy and to aprohibited place. So many seductive tunes and the dreams and the visions... It lures her to the point of near madness to a place that could kill her andeveryone she loves. But, she can't help it--when she sees the boy running toward the forbidden, she can't help but chase after him, she can't help but sacrifice everything for him. He is her other half even if he is entirely bad.

Author : Frederick M. Smith
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231510653

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The Self Possessed by Frederick M. Smith Pdf

The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as "demonic." At best, spirit possession has been regarded as a medically treatable psychological ailment and at worst, as a condition that requires exorcism or punishment. In South (and East) Asia, ecstatic or oracular possession has been widely practiced throughout history, occupying a position of respect in early and recent Hinduism and in certain forms of Buddhism. Smith analyzes Indic literature from all ages-the earliest Vedic texts; the Mahabharata; Buddhist, Jain, Yogic, Ayurvedic, and Tantric texts; Hindu devotional literature; Sanskrit drama and narrative literature; and more than a hundred ethnographies. He identifies several forms of possession, including festival, initiatory, oracular, and devotional, and demonstrates their multivocality within a wide range of sects and religious identities. Possession is common among both men and women and is practiced by members of all social and caste strata. Smith theorizes on notions of embodiment, disembodiment, selfhood, personal identity, and other key issues through the prism of possession, redefining the relationship between Sanskritic and vernacular culture and between elite and popular religion. Smith's study is also comparative, introducing considerable material from Tibet, classical China, modern America, and elsewhere. Brilliant and persuasive, The Self Possessed provides careful new translations of rare material and is the most comprehensive study in any language on this subject.

Author : A. Schober
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230599543

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Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film by A. Schober Pdf

This book undertakes a study of the trope of possessed child in literature and film. It argues that the possessed child is fundamentally an American phenomenon which, first, may be traced to the Calvinist bias of the US as a nation founded on Puritanism and, second, to the rise of Catholicism in that country, to which Puritanism owes its origins.

Author : Yukako Midori,VIOLET WINSPEAR
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9784596497673

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A GIRL POSSESSED by Yukako Midori,VIOLET WINSPEAR Pdf

I’m in a strange place, playing the role of a stranger’s wife! Unsuccessful stage actress Jane is on her way to a new job when her car gets a flat tire. Looking for help, she’s met by Pagan, a mysterious man with intimidating gold eyes who reminds her of a pirate. His kindness shocks Jane as he unexpectedly offers her food and a place to stay. But most shocking of all is when he suddenly offers her a job—to play the role of his wife!

Author : Alton Gansky
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0310219442

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A Ship Possessed by Alton Gansky Pdf

J. D. Stanton investigates the mysterious appearance of a sunken submarine that has returned fifty years after it was presumed lost in the Atlantic.

Author : Violet Winspear
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 0893404500

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A Girl Possessed by Violet Winspear Pdf

Author : Craig E. Blohm
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737737813

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The Possessed by Craig E. Blohm Pdf

This book describes various instances of demon possession and communicating with spirits throughout history including the Salem witch trials, possession in ancient cultures, and as portrayed by the film industry.

Author : Adeline Sergeant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Dime novels
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1URC

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Brooke's Daughter by Adeline Sergeant Pdf

Author : Andrew Sneddon
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752480879

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Possessed by the Devil by Andrew Sneddon Pdf

In 1711, in County Antrim, eight women were put on trial accused of orchestrating the demonic possession of young Mary Dunbar, and the haunting and supernatural murder of a local clergyman’s wife. Mary Dunbar was the star witness in this trial, and the women were, by the standards of the time, believable witches – they smoked, they drank, they just did not look right. With echoes of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the Salem witch-hunt, this is a story of murder, of hysteria, and of how the ‘witch craze’ that claimed over 40,000 lives in Europe played out on Irish shores.

Author : Kristin C. Bloomer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190615093

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Possessed by the Virgin by Kristin C. Bloomer Pdf

'Possessed By The Virgin' is an ethnographic account of three Roman Catholic women in Tamil Nadu, South India who claim to be possessed by Mary, the mother of Jesus. The author follows the lives of these women over many years, investigating questions about gender, social power, agency, and authenticity.

Author : Jean La Fontaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317035923

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The Devil's Children by Jean La Fontaine Pdf

A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and even death may be blamed on them. The 'cure', nowadays called deliverance rather than exorcism, is to expel the spirits, sometimes by violent means. This book draws together contributions on aspects of possession and witchcraft from leading academics and expert practitioners in the field. It has been put together following conferences held by Inform, a charity that provides accurate information on new religions as a public service. There is no comparable information publicly available; this book is the first of its kind. Eileen Barker, founder of Inform, introduces the subject and Inform's Deputy Director goes on to detail the requests the charity has answered in recent years on the subject of children, possession and witchcraft. This book offers an invaluable resource for readers, whether academic or practitioner - particularly those in the fields of the safeguarding of children, and their education, health and general welfare.