User:Erintorres901/sandbox

This is Erin's sandbox.

Going to start brainstorming on what changes I can make to better the Demonic possession page.

Could this comment on Demonic Possession be turned into content for the page?


 * The prevolence of Demonic Possession on western culture is more than "an entire subject of unsettling fancies used to populate low grade movies" if you are unaware of its cultural impact thats fine, but it is a far more relivent subject.Coffeepusher (talk) 17:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Demonic possession is more of a western cultural phenomenon due to the etymology. Demon is derived from the Greek daemon, meaning evil spirit. This forces demonic possession to be more of a western and christian based perspective as Spirit possession tends to be much broader in terms of various other religions. Demons are a western concept and inherently christian because the new testament was written in Greek as the Hebrew old testament instead used the word meaning evil spirit. So, for references to other cultures, you have to go to the spirit possession page. I will add this to the article intro and remove the western culture warning. Mysticalresearch (talk) 04:32, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * For my article I am going to possibly merging the page with another that talks specifically about the types of spirit possession. There seems to be a large portion on the article that covers mainly Christianity views of demonic possessions and lightly covers a few other religious views/ cultural views, which I will be editing to cover a broader portion of cultural beliefs. In the article it covers a lot about the Bible as we know it, and nothing from any other form of religious texts. I will also try to expand the Historical perspectives and the mental/ medical section of the article. This lacks major information. There is also a huge list of "notable cases", I might try to add a separate list page specifically for that list, and expand it/ update it.  I thought about adding the Salem Witch trials as a possible relevance to demonic possession.
 * For my article I am going to possibly merging the page with another that talks specifically about the types of spirit possession. There seems to be a large portion on the article that covers mainly Christianity views of demonic possessions and lightly covers a few other religious views/ cultural views, which I will be editing to cover a broader portion of cultural beliefs. In the article it covers a lot about the Bible as we know it, and nothing from any other form of religious texts. I will also try to expand the Historical perspectives and the mental/ medical section of the article. This lacks major information. There is also a huge list of "notable cases", I might try to add a separate list page specifically for that list, and expand it/ update it.  I thought about adding the Salem Witch trials as a possible relevance to demonic possession.

Demonic Possession Talk Page

In light of the article already on high alert for needing improvements, I will be explaining the mistakes I've seen and feel after research, can help develop a better overview of Demonic Possessions Worldwide and un biased information. First off I don't think it is necessary to merge the preexisting pages, Demonic Possession and Spirit Possessions, because although they do have similarities, they don't share the same whole topic. The Spirit Possession page covers more of a worldwide aspect of spirits and cultural beliefs. Demonic Possession on the other hand is different from Spiritual possession simply based on Western and Easter culture differences.

There seems to be a wide, overly Christian perspective in the article. I plan on deleting the first sentence under Claims, then moving the section "In the Christian Bible" into and under the "Christianity" section. Why input/ make a whole section topic on just the Christian Bible and not mention any other "bibles" such as the Koran. This way everything Christianity related can go under its own, already existing section.

There's note of further expanding and explaining exorcism in Christianity and in the Catholic Church.

The Historical Perspective and Mental illness should be much more expanded. The Medicine and psychology section I will be expanding as will. As medicine and psychology play major roles in "Demonic Possessions" before mental illnesses were researched, studied, known, and understood. The list of "Notable cases and frauds", I will be moving to a link to another page that is specifically a list with a little more details than just names.