Real-life case of demon possession documented

WND ^ | March 13, 2008

[Joiseydude]

An American woman who levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College.

The unnamed woman, with a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom also had medical and psychiatric training, levitating six inches off the ground while objects flew off shelves in the same room, according to Dr. Richard E. Gallagher, who documented the case in the February issue of the New Oxford Review.

[donna]

Back up your position against a conservative site that prints conservative news we can’t get any other place.

Why try to destroy it’s reputation?

[Eepsy]

IMHO, WorldNewsDaily tends to sensationalize a bit. I prefer my news a little less...enthusiastic, shall we say.

[editor-surveyor]

You are the Froootloop!

WND is the only news site on the web that is truthful, accurate and unbiased.

[donna]

Visiting from DU?

Why else would you spread gossip about a conservative site?

[editor-surveyor]

Your screen handle fits you perfectly!

[donna]

So don’t read it. But don’t try to destroy a rare outlet for conservative news.

[editor-surveyor]

Source considered in your case,

skip #37

[r9etb]

LOL! Shall we begin with Y2K and move forward? They’re not a serious news organization, and never have been. Joe Farah’s free to say whatever he wants. I’m free to dismiss him, and his writers, for what they are.

[editor-surveyor]

"IMHO, WorldNewsDaily tends to sensationalize a bit."

The truth is sensational only to those for whom it is uncomfortable.

[donna]

Still no specifics. Just emotion.

[tbw2]

Just like UFOs become scarce when camcorders become popular in a region.

[Hatteras]

Levitated? Cool...

[hellbender]

Most shrinks are skeptical agnostic (at best) materialists. No psychiatrist I've ever met would be likely jump to a diagnosis that a patient was "demon-possessed," so this is a remarkable article. Even the RC Church does not casually make that assessment.

It's kind of hard for anyone to call himself a Christian and deny the reality of possession, since Jesus repeatedly encountered possessed people and cast out demons.

[r9etb]

No, the Y2K stuff is a fact: a steady torrent of scare-mongering and "stock your basement" ads. And it has never gotten any better. Sorry, donna, that's a fact. I trust WND about as much as I trust NewsWax ... or the NYT, for that matter. Agenda-driven, niche-market-serving, irresponsible.

You, however, are clearly quite emotional about the whole thing. Have a nice cuppa, and take a breather.

[editor-surveyor]

"Shall we begin with Y2K and move forward?"

You've tipped your hand.

WND dug in and presented all available facts on Y2K, and only the kooks like you and Gary North chose to believe the con men. Now you feel let down?

WND is not just the only serious news site on the web, it is the only news site period. All others press a false agenda.

[r9etb]

Talk about tipping your hand... Feel free to feed on a steady diet of WNDroppings if you so choose. But don’t try to feed me the leftovers.

[dread78645]

... So if you don’t remember ever being abducted by little green men, you’re probably one of the victims.

'zactly.

[hellbender]

The author of the paper is no fringe psychiatrist. From the original article:

Richard E. Gallagher, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Hawthorne, New York, and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at New York Medical College. He is also on the faculties of the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Institute and a Roman Catholic seminary. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, magna cum laude in Classics, and trained in Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Gallagher is the only American psychiatrist to have been a consistent U.S. delegate to the International Association of Exorcists, and has addressed its plenary session.

[hellbender]

Wonder if she was also an Obama supporter?

Maybe this is what happens to Obama supporters when they come to after they faint. They experience "change," big time, but not a lot of "hope."

[RightWhale]

It is nothng and counts for nothing until it is a court decision.