Ecstatic religion : a study of shamanism and spirit possession / I.M. Lewis.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xxiv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 041530508X
- 0415301246
- 306.69142
Contents:
1. Towards a sociology of ecstasy -- 2. Trance and possession -- 3. Affliction and its apotheosis -- 4. Strategies of mystical attack: protest and its containment -- 5. Possession and public morality: I. Ancestor cults -- 6. Possession and public morality: II. Other cosmological systems -- 7. Possession and psychiatry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
1. Towards a sociology of ecstasy -- 2. Trance and possession -- 3. Affliction and its apotheosis -- 4. Strategies of mystical attack: protest and its containment -- 5. Possession and public morality: I. Ancestor cults -- 6. Possession and public morality: II. Other cosmological systems -- 7. Possession and psychiatry.