On page 3 of The Devil Within, Levack states that "Demonic possession is a methodological land mine for historians." Why? What makes possession narratives so difficult for historians to deconstruct and interpret? Why does Levack contend nevertheless that we cannot dismiss reports and narratives of possession as simply fictional. How should we read them, and what can we learn from them?

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On page 3 of The Devil Within, Levack states that "Demonic possession is a methodological land mine for historians." Why? What makes possession narratives so difficult for historians to deconstruct and interpret? Why does Levack contend nevertheless that we cannot dismiss reports and narratives of possession as simply fictional. How should we read them, and what can we learn from them?

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