Sar – A“possession cult” discussed by Ioan Lewis that particularly attracts women in East Africa, giving them a religious role unavailable in locally dominant forms of Islam.
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007
Possession is the takeover and control of a person’s mind and body by a Demon, condemned soul, ghost, spirit, or deity. There are different forms…
Islam Arabic for “submission,” specifi cally, submission to the will of God; a religion that took fi nal form in Arabia after revelations to the…
A Zar is in Middle Eastern lore, a spirit that possesses mostly married women, providing an acceptable opportunity for oppressed women to manipulate men. The…
possession The takeover and control of a person’s mind, body, and sometimes soul by a Demon, Ghost, spirit, or deity. There are different forms of…
Lewis, Ioan M. (1930– ) – Professor emeritus of anthropology at the London School of Economics and author of Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism…