Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-07-26
Books mentioned on The Exorcist Files, with Ryan Bethea
When many people think of exorcism and possession, they think of horror novels, films, and other works of fiction. But real-world exorcisms still occur in the modern day.
Mentioned: Demonic Foes by Richard Gallagher and others, Atheism is Winning!, and The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Demonic Foes
Demonic Foes by Richard Gallagher, M.D.
Recommended“I encourage everyone to read his book demonic foes if you're fascinated with this topic and you want a really good beach read for people to walk by and see you reading”
Where to get it
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Atheism is Winning!
Atheism is Winning! is a provocative text that invites reflection on contemporary cultural and ideological shifts.
Discussed“so then I opened up uh the Lesser key of Solomon to check out some of the demons and how they're described in there and bail is described in that thing as having sometimes appearing with a cat head”
Where to get it
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The Teachings of Don Juan
The Teachings of Don Juan is a book by Carlos Castaneda that chronicles his claimed apprenticeship under a Yaqui shaman, which became a foundational text for the New Age movement.
Discussed“but like um one of them actually said that he was reading a book uh the teachings of Don Juan um and had uh which you know that definitely is probably the you know if you're gonna point to a book that could be maybe the beginning and um he said he he was awake he was sleeping at night”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Exorcist
“because yes he's a he's apparently got a whole transcript of the actual case that they called it the Roland doe case the one that The Exorcist book was based on and with the actual you know person's name with the full details of what happened”