Possessing spirits and healing selves Embodiment and transformation in an Afro-Brazilian religion
Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by that of a powerful other - a spirit, god, or demon - who temporarily occupies the human's body. To many, spirit possession is quintessentially exotic, a novelty, an example of the ways in which "others" ar...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
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| Ausgabe: | First edition: September 2014 |
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Brazil / Religious life and customs
> Candomblé (Religion) / Brazil
> Blacks / Religion / Brazil
> Spirit possession / Brazil
> Spiritual healing / Brazil
> Healing / Brazil
> Ethnology / Brazil
> Ethnobiology / Brazil
> RELIGION / Spirituality
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
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