# Roundup: The soul, the Bible, exorcism and martyrdom

> A review of Of Gods and Men, a rise in the demand for exorcisms, what makes the King James version so good, and why spirituality is essential to consciousness.

1 April 2011 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-the-soul-the-bible-exorcism-and-martyrdom/

## [Natural history of the soul](https://newhumanist.org.uk/2533/natural-history-of-the-soul)

The man who thinks that spirituality is essential to consciousness and that science can tell us why.

## [In the beginning was the sound](https://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/ann-wroe/beginning-was-sound)

The King James Bible is 400 years old this year, and the music of its sentences is still ringing out. But what exactly made it so good?

## [Internet Satanism increases demand for new exorcists](https://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Internet+Satanism+increases+demand+exorcists/4534466/story.html)

A surge in Satanism fuelled by the Internet has led to a sharp rise in the demand for exorcists, the Roman Catholic Church has warned.

## [Of Gods and Men resurrects martyrdom](https://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4422/of_gods_and_men_resurrects_martyrdom/)

The idea of martyrdom hasn’t been in very good shape lately … Still, despite these entrenched negative associations, the idea may be on the mend.