Abstract

Surveys selected possession cases and lists features commonly present.These include such parapsychological phenomena as levitation and theability to use unlearned languages. The vicious and violent psychokineticand ESP manifestations make it doubtful that the phenomenon is aconventional poltergeist, or any other general manifestation of psychicability, or due to suggestion. Although all these possible explanationsare related to possession, they do not fit the facts as well as a demonictheory. (23 ref)