TheresainSpain，St。MaryAlacoqueinFrance，andLouiseLateauinBelgium，aretypical。Butmorefrequentlysuchcasesshockedpublicfeeling，andweretreatedwithespecialrigour：typicalofthisisthecaseofSimonMarin，whoinhisinsanitybelievedhimselftobetheSonofGod，andwasonthataccountburnedaliveatParisandhisashesscatteredtothewinds。[370]
[370]Astothefrequencyamongtheinsaneofthisformofbelief，seeCalmeil，vol。ii，p。257；alsoMaudsley，PathologyofMind，pp。201，202，and418-424；alsoRambaud，HistoiredelaCivilisationenFrance，vol。ii，p。110。Forthepeculiarabberationsofthesaintsabovenamedandotherecstatics，seeMaudsley，asabove，pp。71，72，and149，150。Maudsley’schaptersonthisandcognatesubjectsarecertainlyamongthemostvaluablecontributionstomodernthought。Foradiscussionofthemostrecentcase，seeWarlomont，LouiseLateau，Paris，1875。
Theprofundityoftheologiansandjuristsconstantlydevelopednewtheoriesastothemodesofdiabolicentranceintothe“possessed。”OnesuchtheorywasthatSatancouldbetakenintothemouthwithone’sfood——perhapsintheformofaninsectswallowedonaleafofsalad，andthiswassanctioned，aswehaveseen，bynolessinfallibleanauthoritythanGregorytheGreat，PopeandSaint——AnothertheorywasthatSatanenteredthebodywhenthemouthwasopenedtobreathe，andtherearewell-authenticatedcasesofdoctorsanddivineswho，whencastingoutevilspirits，tookespecialcarelesttheimpmightjumpintotheirownmouthsfromthemouthofthepatient。Anothertheorywasthatthedevilenteredhumanbeingsduringsleep；andatacomparativelyrecentperiodaKingofSpainwaswonttosleepbetweentwomonks，tokeepoffthedevil。[371]
[371]Astothedevil’senteringintothemouthwhileeating，seeCalmeil，asabove，vol。ii，pp。105，106。AstothedreadofDr。
Bordelesttheevilspirit，whenexorcised，mightenterhisownbody，seeTuke，asabove，p。28。AstotheKingofSpain，seethenotedchapterinBuckle’sHistoryofCivilizationinEngland。