Possession Amnesia: Patterns of Experience, Evidence for Spirits
The occurrence of possession amnesia—memory loss subsequent to the cessation of possession by a spirit—is chronicled in Akkadian, Greek, early Jewish, and Christian literature. Anthropologists have collected data that witness to the same phenomenon occurring in indigenous cultures. Anthropologists h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Pneuma
Year: 2022, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-40 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality NBE Anthropology NBH Angelology; demonology |
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possession amnesia
B evidence for spirits B cross-cultural experience B transhistorical documentary B patterns of experience |
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| Summary: | The occurrence of possession amnesia—memory loss subsequent to the cessation of possession by a spirit—is chronicled in Akkadian, Greek, early Jewish, and Christian literature. Anthropologists have collected data that witness to the same phenomenon occurring in indigenous cultures. Anthropologists have argued that patterns of experience with certain inexplicable phenomena, such as with spirits, may provide clues for evidence of their existence. This article discusses patterns of possession amnesia that occur cross-culturally and transhistorically as possible evidential support for the existence of spirits. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-bja10032 |