> does indeed make it rather weird. A fascinating case indeed. It’s interesting to speculate about what could explain what happened. > Personally I found it s

> does indeed make it rather weird. A fascinating case indeed. It’s interesting to speculate about what could explain what happened. > Personally I found it strange that the piece speculated so much from a psychological angle but didn't remotely mention the spiritual, while my thoughts on reading were exactly that - perhaps the person or place was under some kind of demonic possession and this is the outcome of a spiritual attack. Because mania and delirium are things that actually happen and can be caused by many things (somebody else mentioned ergotism; there are other things that cause behaviours that can be interpreted as religious); demonic possession does not. > "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." - Keyser Söze, after Baudelaire I would not trust a 19th century poet with syphilis and off his face on absinth to tell me what is true and what is not. Besides the logical fallacy embedded in that specific quote.