Case file · High strangeness
Nevius's 'Demon Possession and Allied Themes'
The Shandong missionary John Livingston Nevius gathered dozens of possession cases reported by Chinese Christians; the study appeared after his death in 1894.
1894 CE · 37.53, 121.40 · status: account
The sceptical view
Modern readers see cultural trance and illness patterns, framed by missionary expectations.