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The Mind Possessed

The Mind Possessed

by Emma Cohen

2007Psychology, religiousAfro-brazilian cultsExperience (religion)Brazil, religionReligious Psychology
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About this book

Illustrated mainly with hypothetical or anecdotal examples, this book considers in detail how the psychological systems undergirding spirit concepts are activated in real-world settings and, specifically, how those concepts can give rise to trance and spirit-possession phenomena.

Themes & subjects

Psychology, religiousAfro-brazilian cultsExperience (religion)Brazil, religionReligious PsychologySpirit possession
First published 2007

Author

Emma Cohen

First published

2007

Pages

256

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN

9781435620308

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