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Title: The Demonologist : The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle ISBN: 0-595-24618-4 Publisher: Backinprint.Com Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not a ghost book!
Comment: I bought this book years ago when it first came out in the 80s off the bargain shelf of Walden's. I was just expecting the same old ghost stories as from other books which I had read, but this one is different and made the most lasting impression on me. For one thing, it's not really a ghost book at all like I had anticipated at the time I bought it, but a book about sly, evil and invisible UNearthly beings which wish us simple earthly beings harm. Ghosts are at least from our own earthly existence going about their own business (usually), but devils & demons (fallen angels) are vastly different? I had never had an education of such spiritual matters before, and none since. It was an eye-opening, educational read, and I started reading it the day I picked it up and finished it the next day. The Warrens must have incredible inner strength spiritually to do what they do, and I could never see myself doing this for one a minute (or less).
Rating: 3
Summary: Very interesting reading, however antiquated
Comment: Author Gerald Brittle, provides an intriguing account of some of the Warren's most diabolical cases. His voice is clear both in first hand description, and in relaying the Warren's accounts. I did find however myself becoming detached from the stories due to their distance in time of occurence. Brittle's readers would enjoy reading an updated version, detailing the Warren's most recent cases. Aside from the spance in time, I found myself listening more closley to "bumps in the night", and though I did not want to put the book down, a "spooky" feeling took the better of me. An overall interesting read.
Rating: 5
Summary: (A++) A Frightening Book About Real Documented Demons
Comment: This is extraordinarily terrifying non-fiction. First off all I can safely say that many would find themselves better off not reading this book if they are of a nervous disposition. It is extremely serious in tone and probably one of the most compelling dissertations on the phenomena of ghosts, spirits and demons that I have come across. This is not your casual, "I saw a ghost floating across a room in a haunted house" or "I felt a cold spot in my bedroom and watched a glowing orb" type ghost book. It is more along the lines of "This entity was ripping my living room to shreds, writing obscene messages on the walls and appearing behind me as a disfigured monk with no eyes who then proceeded to attack me while my family screamed in terror as they huddled together on the staircase."
I was really unsure of what I was getting myself into here. I heard that this book had a cult following and that Stephen King basically calls it his best book of reference. I was aware that this book was about two "ghost hunters" - Ed and Lorraine Warren and covers some of their research, spanning some 60 years, along with various case studies. What I did not know is that this book actually makes a valid statement on the entire issue of haunted houses, ghosts and demons and even goes into elaborate explanations for these phenomena. Truth be told I have read some highly professional books on this very topic before. Here is a word of advice. If you are seriously interested in learning more about the Occult then read "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" by W.Y.Evans-Wentz. It has forward by Jung. It is an ancient Tibetan Holy book that elaborates on and explains many different types of psychic phenomena but the book is not classed as such. It is a religious/psychological book about Tibetan Buddhism but it clarifies a lot about the supernatural. So I was well armed going into this one with at least a little more knowledge on the subject that your average reader.
The first thing that struck me was the authenticity of what I was reading. There are many books on this topic that would make me laugh or at least see another logical reason for what was going on. "The Demonologist" is having none of that. It is straightforward - here is another world, YOUR WORLD, where demons actually exist creating misery for peoples lives. Everything is explained in relentless detail without sparing the readers unease about such a topic. The book moves between cases of demonic disturbances (incorrectly referred to as Poltergeist activity according to the author) and the lives of the two researchers/demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Most of the book is done in an interview fashion with Ed and Lorraine answering many questions and telling several stories about their many encounters with the diabolical. One story, about a family called the Donovans, will blow your mind. The case is also illustrated with photographs of demonic activity in progress. There is also transcripts of conversations with ghosts and demons from tape recordings.
Ed and Lorraine Warren are not "ghost hunters" per se. Ed actually uses religious strategies and holy objects to establish and combat the very physical presence of an "inhuman" spirit that is usually violent and on the offensive. Lorraine uses her sixth sense to establish connections with "human" spirits that are passive and inoffensive and are just looking for resolution to their misery. The book mostly concentrates on the malevolent "inhuman" type.
There is also something tremendously otherworldly about the book itself as if it carries with it some sort of direct connection to the Warrens experiences. "Potent" would be the best word to describe it. I am telling you right now in an honest manner, do not go near this book if you think you will be uncomfortable about the subject matter. The mildest parts of this book are utterly mind shattering and the more disturbing elements will deliver instant insomnia with unfeigned paranoia by the truckload. Only for the hardened spiritual explorers who can deal with the "demon shock" - The Exorcist is kindergarten in comparison.
**As a note there is apparently a problem with the US edition which has been heavily edited and is missing pictures. The UNCUT edition is available from the UK. I went the extra mile and got the UNCUT version but I have not seen the US edition so I can not say with certainty that this is the case except that other reviewers too have pointed out that the US edition is cut. Get it from Amazon UK if you want the UNCUT version like I did.**
My only critic about this book is the pictures. Please reprint them as quality standard middle section pictures next time! The resolution was not the best - however, like the rest of the book, they certainly are unsettling.
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Title: Graveyard : More Terrifying Than Stephen King - Because It's True! by Ed Warren, Lorrainne Warren, Robert David Chase ISBN: 0312951132 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans by Malachi Martin ISBN: 006065337X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie, Lisa Collier Cool ISBN: 0312977379 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 14 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: An Exorcist Tells His Story by Gabriele, Father Amorth, Nicoletta V. MacKenzie, Benedict J. Groeschel ISBN: 0898707102 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare by Robert Curran, Lorraine Warren, Ed Warren ISBN: 0312014406 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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