Spirit possession and trance : new interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Bettina E. Schmidt and Lucy Huskinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huskinson, Lucy, 1976- editor.

Schmidt, Bettina E., editor.

Series:

Continuum advances in religious studies.

Continuum advances in religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Altered states of consciousness.

Spirit possession.

Trance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Spirit possession is a phenomenon that often elicits a response of fear, particular in those who are ignorant of its meaning and role within its particular religious and cultural traditions. Possession by divine beings (such as spirits or gods) is, however, a key practice in religions worldwide. It is therefore important to gain an understanding of this practice in its cultural context before trying to develop a wider theory about it. This fascinating book contains several case studies that present new interpretations of spirit possession worldwide. The authors show the diversity of possible interpretations and methodological approaches that provide a new insight into the understanding of possession and trance."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction / Lucy Huskinson and Bettina E. Schmist

Animism rather than shamanism : new approaches to what shamans do (for other animists) / Graham Harvey

Possession and self-possession : towards an integrated mind-body perspective / Geoffrey Samuel

Spirit possession, seduction, and collective consciousness / Louise Child

Analytical psychology and spirit possession : towards a non-pathological diagnosis of spirit possession / Lucy Huskinson

Possessed women in the African diaspora : gender difference in spirit possession rituals / Bettina E. Schmist

Somali Saar in the era of social and religious change / Marja Tiilikainen

Taking possession of Santo Daime : the growth of umbanda within a Brazilian new religion / Andrew Dawson

Spirit attacks in Northern Namibia : interpreting a new phenomenon in an African Lutheran context / Kim Groop

Divine possession and divination in the Graeco-Roman world : the evidence from Iamblichus's On the mysteries / Crystal Addey

Waking the entranced : reassessing spiritualist mediumship through a comparison of spiritualist and shamanic spirit possession practices / David Gordon Wilson

To perform possession and to be possessed in performance : the actor, the medium and an 'other' / Sarah Goldingay

On the transformation of the spirit possession film : towards rouch as 'emergent method' / Saër Maty Bâ.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612552106

9781441191359

1441191356

9781472549365

1472549368

9781282552104

1282552104

9781441171825

1441171827

OCLC:

649476944