Carnal Knowledge by Joseph Laycock surveys historical trauma narratives associated with witchcraft, possession, and supernatural encounters. Laycock shows how religious and cultural framings shaped interpretations of bodily marks and extraordinary events.
DSETI tracks this reference because Rekshan cites Laycock when analyzing body mark epistemologies and the religious origins of abduction-trauma narratives. It offers parallels between medieval possession and modern abduction stories.
For DSETI, Laycock’s work contextualizes the symbolic and cultural dimensions of body marks and provides a framework for interpreting experiencer evidence without literalism.
