Advanced members of some of these groups allegedly possess powers of telepathy and astral projection.

Edgar Cayce was a man from humble upbringings in Kentucky who allegedly possessed psychic abilities, which were performed from a trance-like state.

This church allegedly once possessed a part of the Crown of Thorns, making it an important pilgrimage centre in the Middle Ages.

Also, Michael encounters the couple's child "Nithya", identical to the name of the spirit allegedly possessing Shanmugam's daughter.

In the summer of 2000, Andrey Sokolov was arrested again on the charge of allegedly possessing weapons.

They are notorious in peninsula Malaysia for allegedly possessing people and driving them insane.

In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs.

Eric Justin Toth (born February 13, 1982) is an American former fugitive wanted for allegedly possessing and producing child pornography.

The UN sanctions were primarily aimed at stripping Saddam Hussein's regime of weapons of mass destruction which it allegedly possessed.

As such, those allegedly possessing the power of buda might do so because of malevolent spirits.