TY - BOOK AU - Burnett,David TI - Unearthly powers: a Christian's handbook on primal and folk religions SN - 0840796129 AV - BR128.P75 B87 1992 U1 - 261.2/BUR PY - 1992/// CY - Nashville, TN PB - Oliver Nelson KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Primitive KW - Primal and folk religions KW - Religion KW - Controversial literature KW - Missions KW - Theory N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents : Stranger than fiction -- Unearthly powers -- Gods and demons -- The human soul -- Ghosts and ancestors -- Totem -- The pollution of man -- The power of ritual -- Divining the unknown -- Mediators between god and man -- Witchcraft -- Sorcery and black magic -- Spirit possession -- Shamanism -- Mediumship: consulting the spirits -- The mystic experience -- Folk religion -- Prophecy: the word of the Lord -- New religious movements -- Christian worldviews. Appendix: Ministering to the spirit possessed ER -