(...) there is a... «Possession»
Napoli3 октября 2016(...) there is a relationship between the complex of economy, social organization, and child-training practices and the complex of religious beliefs and practices, specifically beliefs concerning possession of human beings by spirits and the ways in which this possession is manifested. These beliefs and behaviours reflect the patterns of social interaction in the society, the values prized and taught to children, and the personalities that individuals develop in the process of growing up in particular kinds of societies. Possession beliefs and rituals then reflect and express both social structures and the personalities of the participants. They are not simply matters of historical inheritance. When such inheritance loses its social significance and profound personal psychological meaning, the beliefs will disappear and possession-trance rituals will become theatrical performances.
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