RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Spirit Possession, Kotodama, Limbic Lobe
22 Dec 2013
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Three major characteristics of primal religious world views related to: Some non-physical causes of sickness and death in primal religions are: Human beings and their world have two aspects, the visible and invisible. The visible is our ordinary, familiar life of the senses. The invisible is the spirit dimension of the universe and of the person. Power emanates from the invisible aspect of the person (the soul) and of the world (the spirit world or land of the dead). Shaman - the ritual specialist who is capable of accessing the spirit power of the invisible world and mediating between that world and this. In these systems the purpose of healing is to nurture and heal the soul - physical health and longevity are side effects not the focus of healing. Disease has its origin and gains its meaning from the spirit world.
