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Ghost riders of upper Egypt : a study of spirit possession /
Annotation
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. The Environment of 'Abd al-Radi. The Landscape and the People around Abd al-Radi
- Abd al-Radi's Religious Environment
- Popular Religion and Islam
- The Human Body
- Ghosts and Demons
- Magic and Ordeals
- Folk Medicine
- The Shaykh Cult: The Holy and the Dead
- The Image of the World and Islam
- Part 2. Abd al-Radi. 'Abd al-Radi's Origins
- Abd al-Radi's Life History before the Big Illness
- From the Big Illness to the Call
- The Call and the Irregular Possessions in the First Period
- Regular Possession Episodes
- Time and Place
- Beginning and Ending of Possession
- The Spirits of Possession
- A Double Possession
- Personally Received Messages as Illustrations of the Clairvoyance of the Possessed
- The Impact of the Possessed on the Religious and Social Life of the Fellahin
- Abd al-Radi's Situation in the Eyes of the Fellahin
- The Possessed as Spokesman for the Dead
- The Possessed as Advisor in Illness
- The Possessed as Advisor and Arbiter of Legal Matters and Other Social Affairs
- Abd al-Radi as a Central Point in Fellahin Society
- A Dervish
- The Shrine
- The Priesthood
- Abd al-Radi's Character
- Abd al-Radi's Subjective Relationship to his Ghostly Spirits
- The Relationship between 'Abd al-Radi's Waking Consciousness and the Possession Situation.