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Ecstatic Religion

An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism

by I. M. Lewis

A classic comparative study of spirit possession and shamanism across many societies. Lewis distinguishes central morality cults from peripheral possession cults and argues that possession often gives a voice to women and other marginal people.

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