Communicating with the Spirits /

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Focuses on the problem of communication with the other world: the phenomenon of spirit possession and its changing historical interpretations, the imaginary schemes elaborated for giving accounts of the journeys to the other world and for communicating with the dead, and finally the historical arche...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Klaniczay, Gábor (Editor ), Pócs, Éva (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Witchcraft.
Folklore.
Demonology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Occultism.
Folklore > Europe > Histoire > Congres.
Demonologie > Europe > Histoire > Congres.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire > Congres.
Folklore > Europe > History > Congresses.
Demonology > Europe > History > Congresses.
Witchcraft > Europe > History > Congresses.
Europe.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Focuses on the problem of communication with the other world: the phenomenon of spirit possession and its changing historical interpretations, the imaginary schemes elaborated for giving accounts of the journeys to the other world and for communicating with the dead, and finally the historical archetypes of this kind of religious manifestation -- trance prophecy, divination, and shamanism.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9786155053566

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