Graham Dwyer

The Divine and the Demonic

Supernatural Affliction and its Treatment in North India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 141mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780415297493
• ISBN-10: 0415297494
• Artikelnr.: 22224817

Autorenporträt

Dr Graham Dwyer

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Mehnidipur - The Fieldwork Setting 2. Supernatural Malaise
and Key Patterns of Affliction: Causation, Attribution and Vulnerability 3.
Sorcery, Witchcraft and the Evil Eye 4. Healing and the Transformation of
Self in Exorcism 5. Hindu Priests and Healers Conclusion