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Nevius's book on Demon Possession in China, and there is another in Peru. He also mentions The Great Amherst Mystery, which we give, and the Rerrick case in Scotland , related by Telfer, who prints, on his margins, the names of the attesting witnesses of each event, lairds, clergymen, and farmers.
But the question of evidence for the facts is, of course, the only real question. Now, in Dr. Nevius's book, this evidence rests almost entirely on the written reports of native Christian teachers, for the Chinese were strictly reticent when questioned by Europeans. 'My heathen brother, you have a sister who is a demoniac? asks the intelligent European.
Hodgson accepting facts similar to those of Dr. Nevius, and explaining them by possession! Dr. Nevius's observations practically cover the whole field of 'possession' in non-European peoples. But other examples from other areas are here included. The adventurous Sebituane was harried by the Matabele in a new land of his choice.
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