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possession states
Title: possession states
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 734 | Pages: 3.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
possession states
POSSESSION STATES ACROSS THE WORLD: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
APPROACH
KEVIN RAFFERTY
In western tradition many are reluctant to apply techniques and approaches as if the
were embarrassed of passions, something that was in the medieval times. Micheal Harner
emphasized on the existence of spirits, and science has not disproven him, says that this
finding should not be dismissed. Winick defines possession as “an external force that
enters a worshiper of a deity so that he temporally …showed first 75 words of 734 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 734 total…true believers by training them in the proper manner of propitiating and
controlling the spirit(s), that will occupy their bodies on occasion. Bourguignon attributes
such attacks as being partially due to dissociated or split off parts of the personality that
the conscious mind represses or disowns. Possession and possession cults also contribute
to social solidarity and stability by forcing on areas of stress and attain in societal structure
That threatens the status quo.
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