Religious Beliefs, Possession States, and Spirits: Three Case Studies from Sri Lanka

We describe three patients from different religious backgrounds in Sri Lanka whose possession states were strongly influenced by their religious beliefs. Patient A was a Buddhist who claimed to have special powers given by a local deity named Paththini. Patient B was a Catholic who experienced spiri...

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Autores principales: Hanwella, Raveen, de Silva, Varuni, Yoosuf, Alam, Karunaratne, Sanjeewani, de Silva, Pushpa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22970398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/232740

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22970398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/232740

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