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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...
Autores principales: | Hanwella, Raveen, de Silva, Varuni, Yoosuf, Alam, Karunaratne, Sanjeewani, de Silva, Pushpa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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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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