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John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau: Decoding the Demons

Decoding the Gurus

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The Demons Are Real

John Vervaki is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He and his colleagues believe that demons are real but have difficulty talking about them in academics' normal language. In this interview he explains how they can dress up their views with academic terms to make it seem as if there's no such thing as 'demonic possession' David Fullau: "It's kind of like having your cake and eating it"

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