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  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。

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