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In 1995, Dominican theologian François-Marie Dermine, a Canadian-born priest serving as exorcist for the diocese of Bologna, Italy, wrote a book, Vassula Rydén: indagine critica ( Vassula Rydén: critical inquiry ), analyzing Rydén's first six books.

Dermine described Rydén's early works as promoting a New Age-type spirituality including millennialism and pan-Christian ecumenicism, preceded by a time in which the antichrist dominated the Church.

He said these ideas were heretical to Roman Catholicism, and that Rydén stopped putting them in her writings after warnings from the Church, a factor which demonstrates that they are her own thoughts, not those of spirits.

He showed how Rydén's automatic writings were said by her to be from a variety of sources: guardian angels, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, God, and several Christian saints.

Dermine noted that Rydén found some of her own messages to be false ; she cancelled these ones.

He wrote that Rydén explained away the problem by saying that God told her she could change any messages that she felt did not work.

Dermine said that the whole body of Rydén's writings could be dismissed on the basis of this supposed revelation.

More damning than that was Dermine's assessment that Rydén's automatic writing was directed not by Jesus or God but by the Devil.

Dermine wrote that automatic writing has never been part of Christian mysticism and divine revelation, but it has been connected with demonic possession.