The Temptation of Christ 1854 (wikipedia)

The roots of demonology are nearly impossible to trace.  A brief study of world religions both current and past turns up a variety of malevolent beings that behave in similar ways to how Christians perceive demons.  It is known for example that the grimoires, books of magic, used in Babylon and Sumeria refer to evil spirits that cause disease and other ills.  These texts also contained spells for driving them off and recommendations of ways to ward them off.  While this is the earliest written example of demonology it can also be reasonably inferred that traditions of malevolent spirits that were not of human origin go back even farther.  Beliefs found both among the Native Americans and   in Africa reference evil spirits that interact with human beings up to and including possession.
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St. Anthony plagued by demons (wikipedia)

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*****WARNING: MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY***** ’Legion’. Trailer for the upcoming horror/thriller movie.When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany). {source: Stevie Trailers}

Possession

Another controversial topic in the paranormal is possession. This is another subject that has been ignored by science and torn apart by doctors. Is this something that is the product of fantasy or explained medically? Or is it possible for entities to take over the body and mind of a living person? When dealing with possession there are actually many categories, for this article we will concentrate on evil control, that of the demonic.
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Interview with Exorcist Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea. This is a multi-part series with many subjects including, phenomena, possession, sin, witchcraft and more. {source: Dollyhot}

Negative?

Over the last several years, the viewing public has been inundated with paranormal television programs such as SciFi’s Ghost Hunters, A&E’s Paranormal State and the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures.  Investigative teams attempt to prove the existence of the spirit world and its coexistence with the living world. Although the media would seemingly have us believe that every other house on the block is inhabited by ethereal beings, a true haunting is more unique than one might think.
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It looks as though my buds may have been correct when mercilessly picking on my fear of the 1973 film The Exorcist. As many of you might have already figured out from older posts that The Exorcist scared about almost every possible bodily fluid out of me. I kid you not, while viewing the re-release a few years ago I broke out in a sweat and almost filled my popcorn bucket. It was another case of “based on a true story” that seemed to always get me. While my sympathetic buds would laugh and point, they would claim it’s a all fake, phoney-baloney if you will. And they might’ve been on to something. After reading The Real Story Behind the Exorcist: A Study of the Haunted Boy and other True-Life Horror Legends from Around the Nation’s Capital by Mark Opsasnick, my opinion about the infamous case has changed…dramatically.
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Ed and Lorraine Warren discuss the 1988 Snedicker investigation, also known as the Haunting in Connecticut.

If you’re looking to get into investigation of the paranormal or even just interested in the subject, this interview produced by 13 Pictures and www.ghosttown.tv is a must watch. It features two of the most well known and respected guys in the field, Patrick Burns of Haunting Evidence and Demonologist John Zaffis.

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Paranormal Field Investigators based in Adelaide, South Australia, caught up with Keith, Sandra & Carl Johnson from New England Anomalies Research for an informal interview. The Johnsons, who’ve been featured on Ghost Hunters and Paranormal State, discussed demonology, exorcism and how they got into the paranormal field. And make sure to check out Paranormal Field Investigators’ YouTube videos, they’ve got some really cool footage of investigations.

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For more info on New England Anomalies Research.