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Possession, a seemingly irrational phenomenon, has posed challenges to generations of scholars rooted in Western notions of body-soul dualism, self and personho
The Science of Spirit Possession (2nd Edition)
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Pages: 375
Authors: Terence Palmer
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-10 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Spirit possession, attachment, poltergeist activity and the negative impact of obsession, infestation and harassment on psychological health, together with the
Spirited Things
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Paul Christopher Johnson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-07 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The word “possession” is anything but transparent, especially as it developed in the context of the African Americas. There it referred variously to spirits
Spirit Possession and Exorcism
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Pages: 413
Authors: Patrick McNamara Ph.D.
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This two-volume text reviews spirit possession throughout history, analyzes case studies from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, and examines rites for exorc
Believe Not Every Spirit
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Pages: 385
Authors: Moshe Sluhovsky
Categories: Religion
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From 1400 through 1700, the number of reports of demonic possessions among European women was extraordinarily high. During the same period, a new type of mystic