Word: devilment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...refer to the Devil, demonic possession and exorcism as subjects that "would have embarrassed thinking Roman Catholics." Why? They may have bothered pseudo sophisticates, but not believing Catholics. It is a matter of definition: a Catholic is one who subscribes to "these and all the truths which the Roman Catholic Church teaches" and not one who believes selectively...
...York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, thinks that The Exorcist somehow unveils the innermost unexpressed concerns of many people. "It acknowledges the presence of evil; if people are attracted to this film, then that is what is in their subconscious. Then again, many patients see themselves as the devil...
...evil. The idea that we can solve our problems by magic instead of by rational solutions is destructive. I lived through this before Hitler came to power. He said, 'Listen to the language of your pure Germanic blood, your unconscious.' The Jews in Germany then became the devil to be exorcised. The only thing The Exorcist can do," Dr. Mosse concludes emphatically, "is to pull young people down to a primitive level...
...last ten years-they've each sold about ten copies." Blatty acknowledges that The Exorcist was plagued by a "series of disasters": halfway through the filming, fire destroyed the set, and the man who was playing the director died. But he notes: "There has been a devil theory that sinister forces were annoyed by the film. I don't attach any significance to it. Still," he adds with a sly smile, "I would like to think that somebody down there doesn't like...
...book, a beautiful and haunting story, a girl remorseful because she didn't marry her grandfather's choice finds a crown with a miraculous feathery cross in her pillow, and becomes a Christian and then the squiress Maria Malkowska. Miserable with her unfaithful husband, she conjures up the Devil, who tells her that it was he who braided the feathers, that "the truth is that there is no truth...