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
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (556 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction / Moshe Sluhovsky
- Some Words from the Translator / Patricia M. Ranum
- The Triumph of Divine Love over the Powers of Hell
- The Experimental Science of the Things of the Other Life
- Spiritual Poems and Selections from Other Writings / Patricia M. Ranum
- Introduction to the Letters / Moshe Sluhovsky
- Letters
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.