He earned a bachelor's degree at Princeton University in Classics, Phi beta Kappa, winning the class Stinnecke Scholarship Award in Latin and Greek. After teaching and playing basketball in France, he came back to the U.S. for medical school and eventually trained as a resident in psychiatry at Yale University.
He is the longest-standing member of the International Association of Exorcists since the early 1990's, serving for a time as a scientific adviser on its governing board. He has devoted many years to distinguishing the rare cases of overt demonic attacks from the much more common conditions of medical and psychiatric disorders. In this capacity Dr. Gallagher has undoubtedly seen more cases of possession - many quite harrowing - than any other physician in the world.
He lives in Westchester, N.Y., after serving for many years as the county's psychiatric emergency and crisis director.
I've had several unexplained experiences. None on the level of what you describe but enough for me to know there is much more to this reality than what most of us know or can begin to understand.
I agree with others that it is a shame today's licensed psychiatrists and therapists are discouraged from using the tools pastors, and church leaders use every day in helping those with problems.
Interesting book.
You piqued my interest some time ago with your spiritual sensing posts. My only problem now is your focus on Jesus Christ. That statement will probably get me into a lot of trouble, but I started spiritual searching at 18. After 15 years approx., I came into contact with Chabad, in which I found all the answers. No, I haven’t converted yet.
Chabad is called ultra-Orthodox Judaism.