...therefore that opinion that Antichrist should be born of the Tribe of Dan, by conjunction with the Devil, is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a Rabbin than a Christian. I hold , that the__pevil doth really possess some men7~tn"e , spirit of Melancholly others, the spirit of Delusion)...

...medium, and he is inclined to be cautious in the matter of devil possession. "I hold," he says finally, "that the devil doth really possess some men; the...melancholy others; the spirit of delusion others." In effect his position is that there is no Satanic possession without willing cooperation. His later...

...operate only through such a medium, and he is inclined to be cautious in the matter of devil possession. "I hold that the devil doth really possess some men,...melancholy others, the spirit of delusion others." There is, that is to say, no satanic possession without willing cooperation. His later remarks on witchcraft...

...passage,* from the same section of Religio Medici, is also worth quoting in connection with Hamlet: I hold that the Devil doth really possess some men,...Melancholy others, the spirit of Delusion others....! do think that many mysteries ascribed to our own inventions have been the courteous revelations of...

...therefore that opinion that Antichrist should be born of the Tribe of Dan by conjunction with the Divil, is ridiculous, and a conceit fitter for a Rabbin than...Delusion others ; that, as the Devil is concealed and denyed by some, so GOD and good Angels are pretended by others, whereof the late defection" of the...

...symptoms were offered, ranging from stark madness to outright deceit. It was Browne, too, who allowed that 'the devil doth really possess some men; the...spirit of melancholy others; the spirit of delusion others.'12 All the same, it cannot be said that the principle that devils might inhabit humans was...

...melancholia or other illnesses, maintaining, like Sir Thomas Brown, in his 1642 Religio medici (1642), that "the devil doth really possess some men; the...spirit of melancholy others; the spirit of delusion others."134 Zacuto suggests that the exorcist examine the woman for the classic signs of true possession:...

...atormentada experiencia con el diablo 21. Pero, en conjunto, las 2? En palabras de Sir Thomas BROWNE. «the devil doth really possess some men; the spirit...melancholy others; the spirit of delusion others» («el diablo posee realmente a algunos hombres; el espíritu de la melancolía a otros; el espíritu...