(...) for people whose... «Possession»
Napoli3 октября 2016(...) for people whose self-respect is in need of bolstering, the possession-trance role playing, the impersonation of powerful spirits, act as a mechanism of compensation, of balancing the neglect they experience in everyday life. It also appears to give them some real power over more dominant members of their groups. (...) It is of course of interest to observe the personal psychological aspect of possession trance behaviour. Yet we must keep in mind that this is only one level of meaning of this behaviour. To the participants the spirits are real, powerful entities, who overcome human individuals, ride them, engaging in vigorous and unusual behaviour. That personal conflicts are ventilated in this process, that individuals may obtain satisfactions and compensations is not perceived or articulated in these terms by them. This type of discussion is alien to their view of the universe. Yet both the ritual level and the personal level exist, and the personal level gives this ritual behaviour its strong emotional support. People are, quite literally, involved with all their being in their religious activities.
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