The Amityville Horror

The problem to which this book addresses itself is one which, although it is as old as mankind, needs to be brought to the attention of
thoughtful readers today. All civilizations have expressed some sense of insecurity and fear over the spotty but recurring reports of phenomena that leave men feeling victimized by hostile beings with superhuman powers. Human beings in different societies have responded to such challenges in various ways. Words, gestures, and amulets or other objects have been ritually employed in response to demonic attacks; this was as true of the ancient Semitic civilizations like the Babylonians and their fear of demons as it is of present Christian rites of exorcism.