Spirit Possession

A Companion to Psychological Anthropology: Modernity and Psychocultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 374-387

  Bourguignon, Erika ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; New testament; Psychiatry; Psychoanalyst; Spirit possession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889317688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996409.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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