About the book: 2011 / The Rite of Exorcism. One of the favorite myths of modern cinema. However, how much does this rite have in common with the real, quite routine ceremony of exorcism for the Catholic Church? Many modern clergy consider exorcism a dark relic of the Middle Ages, when quite ordinary epileptic seizures, hysteria or nervous breakdowns were mistaken for possession. But... what does the Catholic Church mean by exorcism these days? In the summer of 2005, a young American priest enrolled in an exorcism course at the Vatican University, after which he took part in more than 80 real rites during the practice. What he saw forever changed his view of the problem of obsession. So what did he go through??..