Bell Witch
Of course, it was not the first time that the poltergeist
Had been associated with witchcraft,
and in a deeply Christian community the idea of a spirit throwing things around
might very well have been connected in the minds of
Devil-fearing people with witchcraft.
There was a witch mentioned in the case of the Wilmington poltergeist.
To also have a native spirit a possibility adds another edge.
It seldom seemed to work to pray or recite exorcism texts, or bless
the property, because that played right into the same culture, where the
idea of rampaging devils or witches were behind the acts.
The spirits only become more angry, is the usual outcome,
I like original sources myself, but don't have any,
Richard Bell's "Our Family Trouble" or Fodor's commentary onthe events.
His view that it was a "splinter of her own personality,
formed at the onset of puberty, and developing into an independent entity, "
Of the daughter Elizabeth, is significant.
The idea of the poltergeist agent seems to be going out of fashion
But still seems the most likely explanation to me,
a development of unchained but unspeakable emotions running wild.
Taking an apparently independent form.
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