Zar : spirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt /

Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require reconciliation, a private sacrificial rite practiced r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ḥadīdī, Hājir (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Zār > Egypt.
Spirit possession.
Zār > Égypte.
Possession par les esprits.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
Healing > Religious aspects.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Music > Religious aspects.
Spiritual healing.
Zār.
Egypt.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Abyssinia to Cairo : the Zar ritual complex
  • The Zar trade : belonging to tayfat al-Zar
  • Localization of bodies in time : life cycle and other crises
  • Localization of bodies in space : a ritual sampler
  • Saints and spirits : transformation of traditions.

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