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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Bibliografische gegevens
Andere auteurs: Pócs, Éva (Redacteur), Klaniczay, Gábor (Redacteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Reeks:Demons, spirits, witches ; v. 1.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=126831
Inhoudsopgave:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part I DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS AND POSSESSION; Part II CONTACTS WITH THE OTHER WORLD; Part III DIVINATION, SHAMANISM; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.