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To provide further insight, he applied the scientific findings and theories of the 1950s some of which have since been discredited, and analyzed the psychology of the possessed. The main characters of this history, non fiction story are urbain grandier. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Aldous huxley devils of loudun pdf the devils of loudun. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual. The devils of loudun aldous huxley download free ebook.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Summary the paper focuses on aldous huxley s special interest in the. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in seventeenthcentury france surrounding unexplained events that took place in the small town of loudun. At one level it is the biography of urbain grandier, the catholic priest so condemned. A convent of ursuline nuns said they had been visited and possessed by demons. Publication date 1922 topics north collection digitallibraryindia.
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