An Exorcist Tells His Story

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He gives the reader categories of demonic influence, which he labels as Possession, Obsession and Oppression. You can tell straight away that demons are involved, except when you can't and have to work it out later. Fr Amorth is a man who deals daily with the awful realities of possession by evil spirits and exorcism. One thing I was surprised to learn was how much demons suffer during exorcisms and yet, not so much as they will in hell.

The author suggests that the human species has only been capable of exorcising demons or devils for the past 2000 years, which is a claim that lacks logical support. It's a tradesman's book--a discussion of the nuts and bolts, of the challenges, and of the community.Last night, I watched the movie "The Pope's Exorcist" based on this book with Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth. There's no question in his mind that African religions are false and open people to demonic possession.

Obviously the book is written from a Catholic perspective since the author is a Catholic priest holding the office of Exorcist. The importance of the ministry to "expel demons" is clearly seen in the Gospels, from the actions of the Apostles, and from Church history. Here I include his claims of performing over 30 000 exorcisms during the course of nine years, which means over 9 per day every day without rest. The devil is no respecter of persons and will use whatever power he has against all members of the human race.I could've been more patient with the pieces of the story (because it is a story) that don't make sense to me. Amorth has in fact tried to make the book more organized and thus arranges the chapters into various points.