Anglican The infliction of demonic torment upon an individual has been chronicled in premodern Protestant literature. In 1597, King James discussed four methods of daemonic influence upon an individual in his book Daemonologie: Spectra, being the haunting and troubling of certain houses or solitary places. Obsession, the following and outwardly torment of an individual at diverse hours to either weaken or cast diseases upon the body, as in the Book of Job. Possession, the entrance inwardly into an individual to beget uncontrollable fits, induce blasphemies, Faerie, being the influence those who voluntarily submit to consort, prophesy, or servitude.
Anglican The infliction of demonic torment upon an individual has been chronicled in premodern Protestant literature. In 1597, King James discussed four methods of daemonic influence upon an individual in his book Daemonologie: Spectra, being the haunting and troubling of certain houses or solitary places Obsession, the following and outwardly torment of an individual at diverse hours to either weaken or cast diseases upon the body, as in the Book of Job. Possession, the entrance inwardly into an individual to beget uncontrollable fits induce blasphemies, Faerie being the influence those who voluntarily submit to consort, prophesy, or servitude.