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The self possessed : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization /
The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as ""demonic."" At best, spirit poss |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 701 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-664) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231510653 0231510659 1283008939 9781283008938 9786613008930 6613008931 |