BOOK FAQ:

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“The Catholic Demonologist Handbook”....

By Kenneth Deel....

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Q: Who is the book for?

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·       Those in need of self help. If you feel you may be haunted” the answers are in the book to help yourself. It will help you determine if it is more than you can personally handle. Most solutions lie within the people in t he haunting. Haunting more of surround the individuals, not some empty space.

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·       Clergy, who may already work on deliverance, will find the book useful as it also goes over some more rare occurrences and phenomenon.

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·       Field Investigators will find it useful in helping determine ‘Demon’ or ‘Ghost’ and suggest or provide adequate solutions.

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·       Psychologist/Psychiatrist can use the book to get up to speed on these topics to better understand both the science side and the spiritual side to better recognize the signs of something that is truly “spiritual” in nature.

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·       Experienced “Demonologist”; as there are things in this book you too will find to be interesting and useful information.

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·       Those who are merely “Curious”. Some have said “There is no other book like this out there” This is the idea. One resource on the topic cover many areas.
Certainly7 it will more than satisfy ones mere curiosity.....

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Does the book contradict Catholic teachings?....

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No. Consider some science if not part of church teachings as well, the book is in part an Field Investigators handbook and is not for Deliverance counselors alone.....

Two people I highly respect have already read it, and found no errors, this was not the reason they read the book however, part of my work requires I know my Catholic faith as it relates to spiritual warfare, there are no “assumptions” or “Guesses” on that topic.....

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How will skeptics find the book?....

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Skeptics will find it in the least as an “Interesting” read, however, it is not the scope of the book to go into such detail as to attempt to ‘prove’ anything. This book is a text book on these topics, as to educate, not necessarily to validate the phenomenon. Which would require a great many more pages. On some topics I do, Holy Water’ for example, I talk of the Kirlian Camera experiments and how the nature aura of water is changed when it is “blessed” or ‘prayed over’. However, I could have added more on how different the water can crystallize when it is turning to ice. And how styles of ‘uplifting music can positively affect it, or how with ‘darker’ music it can have inverse effects.
(A topic for the next book). This can take to many pages and make the books not so much a more complete all-in-one “Handbook”.
Maybe a “For Skeptics” book will come later down the road, who knows. Now I just want to inform the Believers” with what I know, and have learned.....

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How many pages is the book?....

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298 full pages. The book actually has originally 400 pages compressed into this 300 page book.....

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What size is the book?....

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Digest size 8-1/2” inches (H) x  5 – ½” Inches.

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Are you a Priest?....

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I am not Clergy, ordained or otherwise, nor have I ever claimed to be, nor is that my plan for the future.....

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”The Catholic Demonologist handbook" in that the title is somehow misleading people into thinking this is an “Official Roman Catholic church publication”.   Note I don’t cite “Roman Catholic”, so it is not representing only one Catholic denominations.
In using the word "Catholic" primarily, I am not, nor is anyone an “official church sanctioned Laity Catholic Demonologist”.   I can not call the book: “The Christian Demonologist Handbook”, since “Christian” is a bit  vague.....

We must consider Catholic solutions are using the same as most Protestant denominations, but also do more in Addition to these methods, and non-catholic solutions vary only in how they will be lacking in methods ....

Are you going to get an “Imprimatur”?....

Some ask if I will enlist in an “Imprimatur” through the Roman Catholic church who would review the book and give it an ‘official stamp of approval’.  The problem is that the book also has in it’s content some ‘new theories’ and ‘scientific topics’ that is not Catholic doctrine, and therefore can not be fully validated either. ALL of the books content needs to meet ‘guidelines’ where the Imprimatur  to feels it is in line with Catholic teachings. And this can only be done if the book is all about the Catholic faith itself, and as this book is not designed to be an “Official guide to the Roman Catholic Church Doctrine and Catechism ”, as it will not be receiving a stamp of approval from the church in this manner. Also the ‘red tape’ to get the book process through such channels will mean yet another year before release.....

What parts of this book are Catholic?

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The book is for anyone, however the solution for a more serious ‘problem haunting’ are more from “Catholic-Christian” source.   The less serious cases can be solved with simple “Positive” versus “Negative” solutions, removing the negatives (Stress, anger, bitterness, etc.) and adding in more positives. (More sun light, ‘positive thinking’, etc.) More solutions that are ‘universal’ to all faiths.   Some concepts are using a label that is Catholic, such as purgatory. However the case study and observation is more general. Purgatory is a mere label for the after life existence between this world and heaven. Which might include “Unfinished business” or lessons learned” for example.  There is no blind following of Church teachings on my part, in this book, at the expense of the truth. And yes, the church is quoted to support so theories on an occasion. After all we can not ignore the rich history of 2000 years of Exorcisms and Demonology that the Christian church has brought us through the ages.....

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Why don’t you go over Demons name in the book?....

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Demon names are more for the ‘unhealthy’ interest, some supposed “demonology’ websites, lack information and content seem to default to a short, incomplete and often inaccurate list of demons names.....

Also, we can not trust in a ‘name’ given, and if we hear a name somehow, this is NOT proof such a demon infest the person or location. Or even that the location is at all haunted by a demon(s) at all.  The exorcist will use the name to have a better understanding of the battle he faces. It is not my role to cast out demons, and personally I do not find the information to be of use in helping clients.....

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Is the Book “Anti-Pagan”?....

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Only in a sense that I do not support the use of “Black Magic”, no one should, and as it will not be so ‘politically correct’ to say that these practices are ‘safe’, and do not create “haunted houses”.  
Case history alone shows the ‘cause and affect’ of certain practices as the reason for an ‘infestation’. If I leave out certain facts about what we know can cause a “Haunted house”, the book is not very complete. ....

Simple thought is this if your belief system worships beings that have a “dark side”, this evil side can literally come to “haunt” you at night fall for ‘messing up’ on a spell or Rite. This is a real concern from many people and of multiple faiths and belief systems. And it goes without warning.
Imagine if every PITBULL was said to be “child friendly”, it loves your children sure, but a neighbor boy strays into the yard to get a Frisbee and is attacked and killed.  This is why we can’t ignore the dire consequences that come with being ignorant of the true nature of anything, a gun, a chainsaw, an automobile. If there are such real dangers, this should concern everyone. This especially applies to the book, in covering all bases, as to “WHY” one might be haunted.  I don’t think anyone should expect to ask favor from something with an Evil side and not expect ill affects. How can you trust them?....

I cited about the Mafia Boss, who might treat you like a son, lend you money. Then one day you get caught by the cop delivering a package to location staked out by the police. You go to Jail for possession and transporting stolen property, for Jewels in a box while you had no idea what was in the box. Ignorance isn’t bliss, when it can come back and haunt you…....

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I touch briefly on this food-for-thought, but I am not a fundamentalist Christian, and I don’t go into how other faiths are supposed wrong and Christians are right.....

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The book, plain and simple a book on how to diagnose and solve ghost and demonic hauntings.  A text book for Would-be “Demonologist”, the methods in the book details are tried and true effective, no superstitions, but in practice, methods that have worked for myself and others, some going back thousands of years. ....

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There are No references on how to Sauté and simmer a Ghost or demon in it. Hence the Catholic Demonologist “Handbook”.  Is the title. Not the Demonologist Cookbook some juvenile pinheads who never read anything I wrote, tried to call it.....

Am you writing another book?

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Yes, and I expect it to be complete Q2, 2010,....

A companion Workbook an d study guide, which I hope will help with the education process.

Are you still retired?

Yes, but I do plan continue the education aspect, at least until my kids are older and off to college perhaps. ; )

You have to remember, I got a late start in life in the marriage and kids thing, and some of you forget I am 48 years old with a 3 year old daughter. As in my bio it states, how my experiences go back to childhood, it is easy to caulk up 30+ in the paranormal in years without hitting the 50 year mark.  : )
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