| 单词 | spirit possession |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit possession spirit possession n. domination or control of a person by a spirit; cf. sense 10b. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by wood dreameOE demoniacal possession1601 possession1601 obsession1607 pythonism1654 demoniac possession1698 endiablementa1734 endemoniasm1751 demon possession1838 demonic possession1853 spirit possession1854 bedevilment1861 diabolepsy1886 1854 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 7 14 The casting out or exorcism of these daimons was amongst the Jews also an ordinary practice... Allied to this notion of spirit possession, was that of having a ‘familiar’ spirit, or a spirit of prophecy, at command, a ‘python’, &c. 1989 R. Littlewood & M. Lipsedge Aliens & Alienists (ed. 2) ix. 202 Psychosis in Haiti is believed to be caused by spirit possession. 2009 I. Thomson Dead Yard xii. 143 Revival, one of the great religions of the Jamaican poor, incorporates elements of Low Church chant and hellfire hymnal with the spirit-possession and ‘healing lore’ of West African root doctors and shamans. < as lemmas |
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