Dark History of the Occult

Roland wants to answer the question "What evidence is there that evil entities can possess human beings and force them to commit horrific murders?"  While at the same time, he disclaims that any sort of "evil entity" actually exists.  Black magic murders, Satanic sex cults and demonic possession are the diabolical practices that grab the tabloid headlines and reinforce the myth that evil and an unhealthy obsession with the occult are to blame for our increasingly violent society.  But Roland tries to show that the truth even darker and more disturbing than what mainstream media shows.  From tribal magic and shamanism, through the work of W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley, to black magic rituals and New Age Nihilists, The Dark History of the Occult builds a case that the so-called "Satanic forces" are simply the dark side of human nature.