by I. M. Lewis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140212778
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«Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism» is the anthropological study by I. M. Lewis (Penguin, 224 pages, paperback).
Anthropological analysis of ecstasy and spirit possession. I. M. Lewis distinguishes between central cults, which uphold established morality and power, and peripheral cults, understood as indirect protest by the oppressed, especially women. Includes shamanism, Haitian voodoo, the cult of Dionysus, Christian mysticism, and tarantism.
The work belongs to the Pelican Anthropology Library collection and was originally published in 1971.
General and academic audiences interested in anthropology, sociology of religion, and spirituality.
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