Actually, I didn't state that little girl was a demon but rather a childish -if foul-mouthed- spirit resentful at being neglected in a dusty attic for decades. When I first took my board to that nursing home back in the 70's, I witnessed several elderly patients who were likewise resentful of neglect: families that rarely visited leaving them confined to a tiny room with only a book, TV or a nurse's visit for companionship. And many of them were foul-mouthed, ill-tempered and combative too. Did that make them demons? Similarly, Alzheimer's patients frequently exhibit the sames symptoms but does that make them possessed? I think not. And as such I never considered that little spirit as demonic in nature.

My studies/experiences with the occult have been vast and early-on I recognized that demons do indeed exist. But I also learned they can be controlled into submission, just as all churches teach. The difference is that it doesn't take prayers [which are themselves nothing more than incantations], scared candles or blessed water to do so; rather it is a matter of old-fashioned power of will. I was never possessed because I refused to allow it to occur.

We all carry within us this force of free will, yet many either don't recognize it or choose to leave it dormant and thus allow others [frequently their religion] to call all the shots. But the fact is that each individual controls his/her own destiny. The hard part is in using that force wisely to avoid harming any other living being.