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Humanities > Religion > Religion and Medicine > Spirit Possession

Preferred term

Spirit Possession  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The idea that abnormal behavior or a medical condition is evidence that a person is under the control of a supernatural power or spirit. This belief was most commonly held in religion and medicine of the medieval period and is also held in many tribal cultures today.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Demonic Possession
  • Demon Possession

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SPPTQ1DB-Z

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