PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sleep Paralysis, Origins Game Fair, Animism
20 Mar 2013
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Possesion and exorcism origins: metaphysical assumes animistic dualism (2 aspects of reality: spiritual and materialistic) understanding of possession: an alienated spirit comes into one"s body and invades and controls it. Disoriented spirits don"t relationship from other people or god and have made contact to a spirit to offer spiritual guidance to people know where to go. method. Demons don"t just mug you without any reason (e. g. : documentary, the disabled lady have been recently attached to a religion and then possessed right after) Dirt and disorder can be the cause. Documentary example, the old lady who came from an operation and been possessed after. intervention. Ritual exorcism to drive out spiritual entity. I"ll leave but you have to meet my demands. Will determine what kind of intervention has to be done i. e. : religious symbols (e. g. Will determine what kind of intervention has to be done i. e. : religious symbols (e. g. : documentary examples, holy water)
