I finished the audiobook Hostage to the Devil, and then saw this warning. Maybe it should be taken off the recommended books list, or something else done to prominently warn.
I tried to look in the book list. Here is what it says in the first post:
Note: Books available in other languages : in French: Ouvrages recommandés - Recommended books in Russian: Recommended books in Russian in Spanish: Recommended books in Spanish ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...
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In order to best understand whichever subjects you choose to focus on at the time, it may pay to look up the section(s) in the guide: it sometimes contains recommendations on the order in which to read books. When nothing in particular is said regarding the reading order of books in a section, the order in which the section lists them is a rough suggestion - since your individual needs may however be different, take your time to make your choices. As for the sections themselves, some sections contain books that may be useful background for exploring other sections, though largely, there's no problem exploring sections in parallel, if that's your inclination.
And: later in the guide:
Recommended Books: List and Guide there is about this book which at the time was the last of the recommended.
17.5. Hostage to the Devil
Hostage to the Devil, discussed
here, is not light reading. It is very strongly recommended to read through the entire thread, taking the input seriously, before proceeding. This means reading a lot of other, relevant material first along with working on one's psychological hygiene.
Personally I'm not sure I would consider this book as an audiobook, since one is a bit at the mercy of the pacing of the reader. I also drop some audiobooks, because I don't resonate with the voice or intonation, which may be a result of the reader's interpretation or intention. If it is a book with text, it is easier for me to vary the speed according to how I feel, even pause the reading and think about the subject, or find other passages in the book. If it is a story it does not matter for the brain, if it is an audiobook or a normal book
Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn’t Matter, but this book is more than a story one can enjoy while doing household chores, even though the five cases may read like stories. Another issue with audiobooks is that they sometimes skip passages or sections of the book. This book has an introduction including "A Brief Handbook of Exorcism" before it gets to the five cases, which in all likelihood are the most unsettling parts of the book. After the cases, there are theological reflections, with a few assumptions one could argue with based on other knowledge on the forum. There are even two appendixes with additional material including a Catholic manual with suggested framework including recommended psalms and at the very end prayers often used in traditional Catholic settings.
I have read only one of the cases, The Virgin and the Girl-Fixer, mentioned in:
Very interesting information, about transgenderism which has a post with an opening article followed by a response:
The above article pretty well covers the topic as far as I can see. Everybody should read the "Girl Fixer" chapter of Malachi Martin's "Hostage to the Devil" to get a good idea of what is going on with this transgenderism.
And later
Thinking about the "Girl Fixer" from "Hostage to the Devil" - so basically, Rita/Roger got in touch with his own feminine energy in nature and he felt connected to everything. He was primed by pressure from his father to be more masculine, but given his nature experience he preferred the feminine energy, however, his thinking about how to capture and experience that more often was totally screwed up. In addition he also mistook 'gender' for 'sex'. From 'Hostage to the Devil', I'm taking this to mean that gender is his own inherent balance of masculine/feminine energies and his biology, and sex is - well the sexual act.
So it was his screwed up thinking and his obsession with possessing a certain felt connection that opened him up to possession?
I'm not sure that I'm entirely clear on that.
And a response to the above:
Sounds about right to me; that's it in a nutshell.
Besides one case, I have read all the introduction and various parts that follow the five cases. The Hostage to the Devil could be inspired by the author's friendship as a young man with the character Michael Strong, who had been an exorcist in China, later came back to the US, and after a few years passed away. In the first part of the story, one reads about what happened in China, and later one learns how the author got to know Michael Strong and became his friend. The author describes the last few visits before Michael passes away. How Michael is helped to pass over is actually a very beautiful story. The preparation begins in the second but last meeting, when the old Michael tells Malachi, as he is leaving after the visit: "Malachi! At the end, be sure and read Paul, First Corinthians, Chapter 15, verses 50 to 58. All of it." Then at the last visit, when Malachi comes after having received a phone call, he reads this passage on the deathbed of Michael. In this book, the whole world is there, (USA-China) with life and death, good and evil, joy and horror, love and hate, hope and despair, spiritualism and materialism. A pretty full palate of human existence.