WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE POSSESSED BY A SPIRIT OR DEMON? SOME PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FROM NEURO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

The visible growth in possession and exorcism in Southern Africa can, amongst others, be attributed to the general impression in Christianity that, since Jesus was a successful exorcist, his followers should follow his example.Historical Jesus research generally endorses a view of Jesus as exorcist, which probably also contributes to this idea, yet

In early 2007, the press claimed that Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk had boarded a plane on his way to indefinite exile in New York, after Misc the murderer of the journalist Hrant Dink had publicly threatened him.Some months later, Pamuk denied the claim from his armchair in his house in Istanbul.This article arose from the story of this refuted Ski d