| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes) |
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Brain, behavior, and evolution |
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Brain, behavior and evolution
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| Contents |
Volume 1: Mental States and the Phenomenon of Possession -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Cognitive Capacities Involved in Spirit Possession -- Spirit Possession and the Origins of Religion -- Masking and the Control of Spirit-Possession Experiences -- Spirit Possession in the Upper Paleolithic -- Spirit Possession in the Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods -- Spirit Possession in the Ancient World -- Priests, Prophets, and Kings -- The Divine Kingship -- Spirit-Possession Developments in Christianity |
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Spirit Possession at the Birth of the World's ReligionsSpirit Possession in Non- Western Religious Traditions -- References -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author -- Volume 2: Rites to Become Possessed, Rites to Exorcise “Demons� -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Second Volume: The Roots of the Demonic Possession Experience -- Brain Basis of Demonic Possession -- Freud's Treatment of Religion and Demonic Possession -- Cases with Commentary -- Nightmares and Demonic Possession |
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Protection and Exorcism Rituals in Traditional SocietiesDemonic Possession and Exorcism in the Ancient Near East -- Demonic Possession in Early Christianity -- Devils, Witches, and the Birth of Modernity in Europe -- The Roman Ritual of Exorcism -- Some Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spirit possession.
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Demoniac possession.
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Exorcism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Inspiration & Personal Growth.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Devotional.
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RELIGION -- Spirituality.
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Demoniac possession
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Exorcism
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Spirit possession
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313384332 |
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0313384339 |
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