Possession

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession
Winkelman, Michael JamesTrance states: a theoretical model and cross-cultural analysis

Associated Hypotheses (6)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession-belief-only will be associated with hunting, gathering, and fishing for 46% or more of subsistence; possession-trance belief will be associated with agriculture and/or animal husbandry (43).
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession-belief-only will be associated with nomadism; possession-trance belief will be associated with sedentarism (43).
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession-belief-only will be associated with small society size; possession-trance belief will be associated with large population size (43).
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession-trance belief will be associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level; possession-belief-only will not (43).
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession-trance belief will be associated with class structure or slavery; possession-belief only will not (44).
Winkelman, Michael James"both psychological variables related to temporal lobe dysinhibition and social variables related to political integration have a strong predictive value in explaining the incidence of possession trance states (198)"

Associated OCMs

  1. shamans and psychotherapists
  2. ecstatic religious practices
  3. revelation and divination