Jenny started reading The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"An excellent book by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen about the evil forces within the world, how to recognize them, and how to combat them. Archbishop didn't actually write this book as a whole, but, rather, it is a posthumous amalgam of his observations and teachings on this topic from his decades of writing, teachings, and sermons --- assembled and edited capably by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki.

In general, Sheen observes that, in these times, the most prominent evidences of demonic activity are the love of nudity, violence, and a schizophrenic mentality. With respect to the latter, he is not so much referring to a psychiatric condition as a way of thinking blinded by pride, insecurity in personal identity, avoidance of difficulty and pain, and situational thinking such that it can no longer functionally know right and wrong, nor even call things what they clearly are.

As weapons against the demonic realm, Archbishop Sheen identifies and elaborates on their utility the following: the name of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ, and the role of Mary, the Mother of Christ. He does so with the clarity and eloquency that characterized his televised sermons during his life.

I recommend this for all Christians desiring to learn more on this topic; however, some Protestants may not agree with Sheen's emphasis on the role of an institutional catholic and apostolic church, Mary, and the saints in doing battle with the demonic. "