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| Title: | Ritual states of possession in Melano-Africans. [NonEnglish]. |
| Author: | Pidoux, Charles. |
| Abstract: |
Ritual possession is a religious experience, which is approached through asceticism, heightened by music, song, and dance, and culminates in convulsions. In addition, certain aspects such as cathartic release of inhibitions, and hysteric symptoms in voodo
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| Journal: | Evolution Psychiatrique. No. 2 1955, 271-283. |