The Devils of Loudun

[Joseph Cerrato]

There's a movie by Ken Russel based on these events and Huxley's book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_%28film%29

2016-01-12 18:34 GMT+01:00 Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>:

> I am a third of the way into an Aldous Huxley work of nonfiction called
> the Devils of Loudun.  Sometimes he over-strains to make a point in his
> commentary but it is a fascinating piece of writing combining thorough
> historical research with a kind of psycological and spiritual analysis of
> the early 1600s in France and in particular all the characters surrounding
> a combative, womanizing  FrenchJesuit Parson and how an incident of what
> was labeled as demonic posession of a group of nuns played out in the
> France of Cardinal Richelieu.
>
> Has anyone else read this? Thoughts, even the briefest, would be
> appreciated. -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>
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