Ecstatic Religion
First Published in 2004. States of spirit possession, in which believer''s feel themselves to be ''possessed'' by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in almost all known religions. From Dionysiac cults to Haitia voodoo, Christian and Sufi mysticism to shamanic ritual, the rapture and frenzy of ecstatic experience forms an iconic expression of faith in all its devastating po...
First Published in 2004. States of spirit possession, in which believer''s feel themselves to be ''possessed'' by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in almost all known religions. From Dionysiac cults to Haitia voodoo, Christian and Sufi mysticism to shamanic ritual, the rapture and frenzy of ecstatic experience forms an iconic expression of faith in all its devastating po...
