Stranger than fiction... Real "Rings"

[frodosampippinmerry]

I'm intriqued by stories from exorcists who say it is possible for an object to be designed for an evil purpose such that a demonic presence follows it as long as the object exists... for example, an exorcist from Rome confiscated a book on egyptian religion from a teacher because he could detect an evil presence in it and said the book had to be destroyed in order to get rid of the presence. Likewise, there was a story on the discovery channel about a novelist who had a split personality complex-violent outbursts and periods of calm linked to a Doll given to him by a childhood housekeeper who practiced voodoo and named the doll robert (the author's middle name) whenever he had a violent outburst he'd blame it on "robert" Robert could bee seen laughing or staring maniaclally out a window at times, and when he died or moved away the doll was left behind and immediately spooked the new owners of the house to get rid of it. Apparently even in the real world demonic power can be attatched to objects like the ring in tolkien's book and have bad effects on people. Any comments?