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Opętanie i egzorcyzm w świetle badań antropologicznych i neurologicznych

Data publikacji: 30.09.2014

Studia Religiologica, 2014, Tom 47, Numer 2, s. 105 - 123

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.14.008.2381

Autorzy

Stanisław Radoń
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II, Kanonicza 9, 31-002 Kraków
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Tytuły

Opętanie i egzorcyzm w świetle badań antropologicznych i neurologicznych

Abstrakt

Possession and exorcism in the light of anthropological and neurological research

The aim of this study is to present the phenomena of possession and related exorcism rituals in the light of anthropological (analysis of the possessed people) and neurological research (systematic investigation of people with disorders that are similar to possession states such as epilepsy, dissociative identity disorder, meditation and mystical experiences). The research studies show that we have two different forms of possession: positive (controlled, enriching the life of the individual, i.e. shaman, exorcist) and negative (uncontrolled, diminishing the life of the individual). Women, male homosexuals, epilepsy patients, and people with dissociative identity disorder, heightened religiosity, experienced in meditation and with mystical experiences, are more likely to become possessed. The neurological mechanism which appears to be primarily responsible for spirit-possession phenomena is reduced asymmetry of brain activity (hemispheric synchronisation increases risk for possession). The implications for diagnosis and treatment of “possessed” people are presented (exorcists and deliverance ministers often succeed where psychiatry fails, but faith healers should be discouraged from exercising violent attempts at exorcism, because misconceptions such as possession by demons are still believed to be a cause of mental illness).

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Informacje: Studia Religiologica, 2014, Tom 47, Numer 2, s. 105 - 123

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Opętanie i egzorcyzm w świetle badań antropologicznych i neurologicznych

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Possession and exorcism in the light of anthropological and neurological research

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Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II, Kanonicza 9, 31-002 Kraków

Publikacja: 30.09.2014

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

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