Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves

Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves
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Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781137409607
ISBN-13 : 1137409606
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Download or read book Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves written by R. Seligman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity.


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