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 Midwinter of the Spirit - Phil Rickman
 Midwinter of the Spirit - Phil Rickman ... Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single parent - cannot easily refuse. But the retiring exorcist, strongly objecting to women priests, not only refuses to help Merrily but ensures that she's soon exposed to the job at its most terrifying. And things get no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and there are signs of dark ritual on a hill overlooking the city. Meanwhile, reports of psychic unrest in the Cathedral itself - where the famous shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe lies in fragments - reflect an undying evil lying close to the heart of the Church itself.Newest Review: ... same time, Merrily's friend, Lol Robinson, a trainee psychologist, has become involved with the rather strange Kathy Moon, ... more ... who goes by the name of Moon. She has moved into a barn on the farm where her father committed suicide when she was a child. Mentally unstable to begin with, she seems to be getting worse and is obsessed with crows. The crow theme continues elsewhere, when dead crows are part of a Satanist ritual carried out in a Herefordshire church. And people are dying. Is there a link with Merrily's work or is the problem man-made? Can Lol and Merrily work out what is happening before more people die?
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Midwinter of the Spirit - Phil Rickman: Exposed to exorcism (1010 words)
by - written on 30/12/06 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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I'm not sure what attracted me to this book - I was in a hurry and grabbed the nearest thing on the shelf that looked vaguely interesting. Once I got home and took a proper look at it, I thought I'd probably made a mistake - the heroine of the book is called Merrily for a start - and it was about exorcism. However, I started reading it and quickly became engrossed. Although I regard myself as aetheist now, I was brought up a Christian, yet have never really thought of the Church as having an Exorcism Department. They apparently do though (although this is a work of fiction, it is based on fact) - although it is referred to as 'deliverance' rather than exorcism. This ... Read the complete review
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