Possession is not something you only see in movies, but can actually happen in real life. There is science behind possession, it's just a matter of finding all the right information. A doctor named Richard Mead denied the existence of possession in 1749. He believed that there was no such thing as demonic possession, but that people were simply mentally ill. Many people have different opinions on possession. Some people believe it is true and others think it could just be a mental illness. The Bible also contains some facts about possession. Some doctors actually question the Bible and what it contains. People opened asylums for people they declared mentally ill and not possessed. A man named James McKee worked at the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum and wrote a long annual report on his asylum. He said that insanity is attributed to a disorder of the nervous system, yet must be cured not by medicine, but by “moral and religious treatment.” 1, 1855 Joseph Souter's article was in the Journal. It was titled "Is there any analogy between madness and demonic possession?" He claimed that madness was the result of demonic possession. He believed that people could not simply be possessed by demonic spirits for no reason, but must have some type of mental illness that led to the possession. Souter also disagreed with the existence of demonic possession in the Bible. He came to the conclusion that Satan has limited powers in the modern world. He said that Satan does not have so much power to allow demons to possess a human body. Yet they believed that Satan was the way of possessions, that it affected… middle of the paper… yes, it falls into mental illness. The other reasoning refers to the Bible. Believing that demonic possessions have happened and can still happen. That Jesus, when he walked the earth, actually healed those who were possessed by evil spirits. Works Cited Ossa-Richardson, Anthony. Possession or madness? Two Views from the Victorian Asylum 74: 553-575. Print.Strafford, Betty. "The Journal of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies." The mounting evidence of “demonic possession”: What should psychiatry's response be?: 23-40. Print.William, Monter. "Mattaincourt 1627-31." Catholic Salem: How the Devil Destroyed a Saint's Parish (Mattaincourt, 1627-31). : , . . Print.Duffey, John. The Exorcism of Anneliese Michael. New York: WIPF and STOCK publishers, . Print.Duffey, John. The Exorcism of Anneliese Michael. New York: WIPF and STOCK publishers, . Press.