To Hell and Back Again A True Account of Demonic Possession and Deliverance

Evil is real. Demons are real. Demonic possession is real. Joseph Wisdom Sesay has always known this. From a precocious spiritual childhood interrupted by a horrific civil war, to a youth negotiating the painful road between earthly poverty and a calling from the wealth of Heaven, to the divinely guided founding a Deliverance Ministry in Melbourne, Australia, Wisdom’s is the story of how one man has helped hundreds of people to expel their literal demons. But there’s another story too. For decades, malevolent, hostile spiritual entities made Paul Harrington’s life a nightmare. Psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, drug therapy, conventional medicine, alternative medicine, doctors, nobody could help, nothing worked. Only after years of denial from his family and friends, only after years of his own denial, did Paul finally find Wisdom. Only then could the real work begin. You are holding in your hands one of the most detailed accounts of demonic possession ever published, charting the long road from childhood trauma, through a long nightmare of fear and madness to, finally, freedom, restoration, and a transformation that continues to this day.

Joseph Wisdom Sesay is an ordained minister, a man of God and Head of Divine Intercession. Like many people who have been called into spiritual work, he has a strong spiritual connection to the Holy Spirit. After he discovered that he had a unique gift to help others cleanse themselves of negative energy, Joseph studied under an experienced exorcist and Deliverance Minister, gaining considerable experience working in a number of different parishes conducting Exorcism and Deliverance Counselling. He later studied at the Vision International Seminary, in Liberia in West Africa, graduating in 201

Dedication 7 Acknowledgments 9 Prayer for the Reader 11 Testament of an Intercessor 13 Preface 19 Introduction 23 Demons and the Origin of Evil 25 Chapter One – Joseph, A Child of War 29 Chapter Two – A Child of the Suburbs 39 Chapter Three – Down but Not Out in Gueckedou and Conakry 55 Chapter Four – Down and Out of It in Elwood and St Kilda 77 Chapter Five – First Steps as an Exorcist 97 Chapter Six – Further Steps into Darkness 125 A Word About the Catholic Right of Exorcism 145 Chapter Seven – Embracing a Higher Authority 149 Chapter Eight – The Long Road to Legitimacy 171 Chapter Nine – Submitting to a Lower Authority 197 Chapter Ten – Worlds Collide 211 Chapter Eleven – The Devil Has Your Mind 231 Chapter Twelve – Hitting Brimstone Bottom 251 Chapter Thirteen – Letting the Demons In 271 Chapter Fourteen – Deliverance 291 Chapter Fifteen – Deliverance Thrust Upon Him 293 Chapter Sixteen – Some Final Reflections from Paul 343 Chapter Seventeen – Some Final Thoughts from Wisdom 347 About the Author 351