spirit possession

collocation in English

meaningsofspiritandpossession

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spirit
noun
uk
/ˈspɪr.ɪt/us
/ˈspɪr.ət/
a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or ...
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possession
noun
uk
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/
the fact that you have or ...
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(Definition ofspiritandpossessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What is needed is to examine or specify in what waysspiritpossessionarticulates distress or provides therapy.
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The second part of the book is a review and critique of thespiritpossessionliterature.
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All three employ complex polyrhythmic drumming from a 'three drum choir', and involvespiritpossession.
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A 'traditional' event for which beer is brewed, usually involvingspiritpossession. 15.
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Sospiritpossessionand fascination, hitherto the preserve of faith healers and enthusiast sectaries, could be managed within experimental philosophy.
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The minor exceptions these commentators would allow in the accuracy of reports of conscious will - such as hypnosis orspiritpossessionor the automatisms - are not minor at all.
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Psychological aspects ofspiritpossession.
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The condition ofspiritpossessionamong them is called "inwatso".
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In the 20th century, the instrument was commonly performed during "tromba"spiritpossessionceremonies in a style called "renitra".
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These spirits overwhelmingly possess women andspiritpossessionis usually brought on by family conflicts.
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A great amount of its popularity derived from a method of inducingspiritpossessioncalled "chinkon kishin", which was most widely practiced from 1919-1921.
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Spiritpossessionappears among them, and the majority of possessed are married women.
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Healing mak yong is called "mak puteri" and involves trance dancing andspiritpossession.
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Miko once performedspiritpossessionand takusen as vocational functions in their service to shrines.
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