Communicating with the Spirits /

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
Outros autores: Pócs, Éva (Editor), Klaniczay, Gábor (Editor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Series:Demons, spirits, witches ; v. 1.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=126831
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Summary: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.
descrición da copia:Includes index.
Descrición Física:1 online resource (1 volume)
ISBN:142371749X
9781423717492
9789637326134
9637326138
6155053561
9786155053566