
Spirit Possession and Exorcism
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From the beginning of civilization to the present day, and across all major religions and cultures, there have been documented cases of people seemingly overtaken by an unseen entity. The invading force-whether good or bad-appears to replace the possessor's soul with the spirit's own persona, resulting in mystifying symptoms such as levitation or other supernatural feats, speaking in tongues, and even horrific and inexplicably accelerated physical distortion and deterioration.
This is a two-volume chronological history and examination of spirit possession that addresses its phenomenological, psychological, and neurobiological aspects, and its effects on societies. Volume one reviews spirit possession from the upper Paleolithic era to modern times, while Volume two focuses on case studies and rites of exorcism.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Volume 1: Mental States and the Phenomenon of Possession
- Chapter 1. Cognitive Capacities Involved in Spirit Possession
- Chapter 2. Spirit Possession and the Origins of Religion
- Chapter 3. Masking and the Control of Spirit-Possession Experiences
- Chapter 4. Spirit Possession in the Upper Paleolithic
- Chapter 5. Spirit Possession in the Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods
- Chapter 6. Spirit Possession in the Ancient World
- Chapter 7. Priests, Prophets, and Kings
- Chapter 8. The Divine Kingship
- Chapter 9. Spirit-Possession Developments in Christianity
- Chapter 10. Spirit Possession at the Birth of the World ' s Religions
- Chapter 11. Spirit Possession in Non-Western Religious Traditions
- References
- Recommended Reading
- Index
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- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Volume 2: Rites to Become Possessed, Rites to Exorcise "Demons"
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Second Volume: The Roots of the Demonic Possession Experience
- Chapter 2. Brain Basis of Demonic Possession
- Chapter 3. Freud ' s Treatment of Religion and Demonic Possession
- Chapter 4. Cases with Commentary
- Chapter 5. Nightmares and Demonic Possession
- Chapter 6. Protection and Exorcism Rituals in Traditional Societies
- Chapter 7. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in the Ancient Near East
- Chapter 8. Demonic Possession in Early Christianity
- Chapter 9. Devils, Witches, and the Birth of Modernity in Europe
- Chapter 10. The Roman Ritual of Exorcism
- Chapter 11. Some Concluding Thoughts
- References
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