Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession,

I waited for this book with much atticipation for 14 days and it did not dissappoint.It is written in a very honest manner and easy to read. The author is honest about what he understands and does not, and I think this makes it believible for readers who have had no experience of the unseen or supernatural realms. It is very informative for individuals that may find themselves forced to deal with demons. Some parts I found very funny! 10/10

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This is a very thought provoking work but also one of immense significance. It certainly raised a lot of questions in my mind. And a topic I will be reflecting & or studying more about in the future.

This is a fascinating book. Peck was skeptical of the devil's existence, but after he began to work with the two patients in this book, he changed his mind and became a believer. This book won't convince all people, but it will definitely get more people thinking about the devil in the modern world.Readers of this book would also like "Jenna's Flaw," a novel about Satanism, demonic possession, and paranormal activity in the Midwest.

After reading Malachi Martin's much better book on the subject of demonic possession, and remaining unconvinced that the phenomena existed, I was hoping this book would cast new and illuminating light upon such a dark subject. After all, it was written by an eminent psychiatrist who claimed to have exorcised two patients - not only of the demons which possessed them, but of satan itself.Alas, it was not to be. I finished this book feeling distinctly disappointed. I wouldn't have stuck it out were it not for the fact that I was hoping for some sort of revelation, saved for the last few pages. It never happened. This book did nothing to prove the existence of demonic possession; far from it. What it did prove to me is that human beings are likely to distort their own phenomenological reality depending upon what they want to see and that professional boundaries are easily broken when the practitioner finds themselves well out of their depth and level of competence.I only give this book a two star rating because of Peck's courage in risking ridicule by his fellow psychiatrists for writing it - otherwise, it would have been just one.

I was intrigued to read this book because it was written by a notable psychotherapist who had written bestselling psychology books in the past, the most famous being A Road Less Travelled. I was hoping for an insightful and well balanced psychological perspective on the subject of demonic possession but was shocked to discover that the doctor and author of this book, M Scott Peck, was actually a hardcore Christian who didn't have a rational, balanced attitude at all when it came to patients with obvious personality disorders.Instead of taking a proper psychological approach to his subjects, Peck allowed his religious zeal to overwhelm and distort his methods, and leapt recklessly into unfounded diagnoses of demonic possession, even going so far as to attempt exorcising the so-called demons himself.What's remarkable about the book is not the case studies that Peck presents, but the fact that the author had the nerve to write and publish the book in the first place. He reveals himself to be far from the wise old man you might imagine him to be from his reputation. Instead, you're left shocked and amazed that a man so out of touch with reality - and so terribly brainwashed by religion - could ever have thrived for so long as a bestselling author and medical professional. He clearly had mental issues of his own. Indeed, reading the book becomes more interesting in the sense that you get an insight into the mind of a man who went slightly mad over the years, thinking himself to be some kind of arch angel battling satanic forces in his patients.There is nothing more disturbing than a therapist who abuses his or her position by trying to force religion or some other cult belief on mentally ill patients who need support and balanced care. Peck was a seriously disturbed man who should have been kicked out of the health profession and dropped by his publisher. In fact, he could have done with some therapy himself.

I wish I had seen Dr. Peck had written this rubbish before I bought 'The Road Less Travelled'. I wouldn't have bothered buying the first book otherwise.For a Christian and Psychiatrist, he has some very low views of other people.When it comes to consistency, Dr. Peck is a 'loser'! His true self emerges in his writings, undeniably.