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==List of Saints==
The following is a general list of Orthodox [[Saint|Saints]] whose intercession may be enlisted in prayer for healing, and against unclean spirits and mental disorders (listed in chronological order).
* [[Archangel Michael]]
* [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]]
* [[Anthony the Great]]
* [[George]]
* [[Panteleimon]]
* [[Marina of Antioch]]
* [[Cyprian and Justina]]
* [[Mathurin of Larchant]]
* [[Genevieve of Paris]]
* [[Theodore the Sykeote]]
* [[Dymphna]]
* [[Gerasimus Gerasimos of KefaloniaCephalonia]]* [[Mitrophan of Voronezh]]
* [[Nectarios of Aegina]]
* [[Matrona of Moscow]] * [[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea]].
==See also==
* Richard P H Greenfield. ''Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine Demonology''. Published by [http://www.tte.nl/hakkert/ Adolf M. Hakkert], Amsterdam, 1988. (369 pp.) (ISBN 9025609627) (ISBN 9789025609627)
: (Comprehensive scholarly study; Greek text in several places; includes list of sources of the standard Orthodox tradition. Compares the standard Orthodox tradition to alternative traditions).
* [[Jean-Claude Larchet]]. ''[http://www.allbookstores.com/book/9781597310611/Rama_P_Coomaraswamy/Troubled_Waters.html Mental Disorders and Spiritual Healing: Teachings from the Early Christian East]''. 1st Ed. Transl. by G. John Champoux and Rama P. Coomaraswamy. Published by Sophia Perennis, July 2005. (ISBN 9781597310611)
* Irénée Hausherr. ''Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East.'' Issue 116 of Cistercian studies series. Transl. by Anthony P. Gythiel; Foreword by Bp. [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]. Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1990. ISBN 0879074167
'''In Greek'''
* {{el icon}} [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]]. ''"[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/archbishop/christodoulos.asp?id=611&what_main=1&what_sub=6&lang=gr&archbishop_heading=%CA%EF%E9%ED%F9%ED%DF%E1 Οι σατανικές-καταστροφικές λατρείες και ο τρόπος προφύλαξης των παιδιών μας]."'' Κοινωνία. ECCLESIA: ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΑΚΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ. 1/1/2007.
* {{el icon}} [[Church of Greece]]. ''"[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/holysynod/egyklioi.asp?id=852&what_sub=egyklioi Εγκύκλιος υπ. αρ. 2565: Περί νεοσατανισμού]."'' Encyclical.
===Roman Catholic===
* Stefano Ferracuti, Roberto Sacco, and Renato Lazzari. "[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3082925 ''Dissociative Trance Disorder: Clinical and Rorschach Findings in Ten Persons Reporting Demon Possession and Treated by Exorcism.'']" In '''Journal of Personality Assessment''', 1996, Vol 66, No. 3, pp.525-539.
* Hayward, Rhodri (Rhodri Lloyd). ''Demonology, Neurology, and Medicine in Edwardian Britain.'' '''Bulletin of the History of Medicine''', Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2004. pp.37-58.: (''Explores the points of contact between the medical and demonological communities in order to demonstrate the contested nature of biomedical innovation. Keywords: demonology, psychiatry, neurology, germ theory, possession.'') * {{ukr icon}} O. H. Karahodina. ''[http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai/medline/record/MDLN.12587301?articleId=&articleTitle=%5BPhenomenon+of+religious+experience+in+the+structure+of+feelings+of+individuals+with+mental+disturbances%5D&citedBy=false&medlinePmidWithoutMDLNPrefix=12587301&overridingDateRestriction=&related=true&restrictdesc_author=&restrictDescription=&restrictterm_author=&search=&search_area=medline&search_currenturl=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.elsevierhealth.com%2Fperiodicals%2Fymai%2Fmedline%2Frelated%2FMDLN.12587301&search_datecombo=&search_dateradio=combo&search_doi=&search_federated=no&search_hits=125650&search_id=&search_issue=&search_medline=yes&search_monthendcombo=&search_monthstartcombo=&search_operator1=&search_operator2=&search_preview=no&search_query=Related+to%3A+%5BPhenomenon+of+religious+experience+in+the+structure+of+feelings+of+individuals+with+mental+disturbances%5D&search_reqcount=20&search_reqfirst=1&search_sort=relevance&search_source=MEDLINE&search_startpage=&search_text1=&search_text2=&search_text3=&search_text4=&search_volume=&search_within1=&search_within2=&search_within3=&search_wordsexactly=yes&search_yearend=&search_yearstart=&searchDisciplineField=all&select1=relevance&select1=relevance&select3=20&select3=20# Phenomenon of Religious Experience in the Structure of Feelings of Individuals with Mental Disturbances]''. In '''Lik Sprava'''. January 2002, Issue 7, pp.32-36. '''[in Ukrainian]'''.
:(''Eastern Orthodoxy; Emotions; Humans; Mental Disorders; Mental Healing; Psychometrics; Religion and Psychology; Ukraine'')
===Historical===
* Prof. [[w:Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare|F. C. Conybeare]]. ''"The Demonology of the New Testament."'' '''The Jewish Quarterly Review.''' Vol. 8, No. 4 (Jul., 1896), pp. 576-608. *Daniel Ogden. ''Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds.'' Oxford University Press, 2002.
* H. C. Erik Midelfort. ''“Johann Weyer and the Transformation of the Insanity Defense.”'' In: '''The German People and the Reformation.''' Ed. R. Po-Chia Hsia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
* Jonathan L. Pearl. ''French Catholic Demonologists and Their Enemies in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries.'' '''Church History'''. Vol.52, No.4, December 1983. pp.457-467.
* Prof. Charles Stewart. ''Demons and the Devil: Moral Imagination in Modern Greek Culture''. Princeton University Press (Modern Greek Studies), NJ, 1991.
* Sarah Ferber. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=AXUySlim69IC&source=gbs_navlinks_s Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France].'' Routledge, 2004.
* Mark Bancroft, MA. ''[http://www.enspirepress.com/writings_on_consciousness/spirit_possession_exorcism/spirit_possession_exorcism.html The History & Psychology of Spirit Possession & Exorcism].'' EnSpire Press.
== External links ==
* [http://www.copperwiki.org/index.php/Exorcism Exorcism] at CopperWiki.
* BBC News Online: World. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/263604.stm Vatican issues new exorcism rules]. January 27, 1999.
'''Wikipedia'''
* [[w:Exorcism|Exorcism]]
* [[w:Abnormal psychology|Abnormal psychology]]
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