Distress, dissociation, and embodied experience: Reconsidering the pathways to mediumship and mental health

Ethos

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-99

  Seligman, Rebecca ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dissociation; Embodiment; Mental health; Spirit possession

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844550227     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2005.33.1.071     Document Type: Review

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