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His Ph.D. thesis was on ancient Mesopotamian exorcistic magic � the art of getting rid of demons.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to this guiding idea, an exorcistic method has survived; in our folk-lore is retained the removal of the trouble in virtue of its transfer to another place or person.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

But in chap. i. 23-28 he will discover an exorcistic story, not to be found in "Matthew," but repeated, often word for word, in "Luke."

From Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry