Let us first make a distinction between clinical lycanthropy, a mental condition in which a patient believes they are a wolf, and actual lycanthropy, a real transformation. We are talking about real werewolvery here. There is a great history of lycanthropy; werewolves and shapeshifters have existed in nearly every time and place.

NASA would have you believe we know all there is to know about the moon. But as with much of modern science the more you know, the more questions you will have. Recent studies have shown that light from the full moon stimulates the reticular activating system (RAS) in the Limbic portion of the human brain, leading to easy excitement and hyperactivity--and then to deviance and crime. (Schamlleger, CRIMINAL JUSTICE TODAY, 5/E, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc.) We know the moon exerts tremendous force over the natural (and "supernatural") forces on earth. Everything from a woman's menstrual cycle to the ocean tides is effected by the moon, though we rarely stop to notice it. There is strong scientific evidence to show that intensely deviant (and even demonic) behavior exists during the full moon.

There modern secular mind does not acknowledge the possibility of real transformation. However, the Bible teaches us that our bodies are mere vessels for our souls. If as Christians we concede this fact, we must also be open to the possibility that the soul could change vessels. Or, perhaps a soul effected by a demonic possession could change the very form of its container. But overnight during a full moon? Full moon transformation may sound hokey but even Einstein concluded that the gravity of a massive object can actually warp space-time! (William J. Kaufmann III, STARS AND GALAXIES, Third Edition, 2007 W.H. Freeman and Company) It is hard to overestimate the kind of influence an object like the moon could have over someone already in Satan's grasp.

So we have accepted misfiring synapses in our brains, the bending of time, and eons of recorded evidence of demonic possession. If we accept that the devil is real and at work in our society, as thinking people we must accept the possibility of werewolves.