A convent of nuns possessed by devils, a priest accused of witchcraft and martyred at the order of Cardinal Richelieu, a saintly mystic gripped by the demons he had challenged - these are the extraordinary elements of a powerful and absorbing book. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Religion, Roman Catholic Church, God, Exorcisim, Loudun, Possession, Louis XIII, Urbain Grandier, Devils, Witchcraft, Occult, Aldous Huxley, Ursulines, Richelieu, Jean-Joseph Surin, Mystics).