Zar: Group distress and healing

S. H. Al-Adawi, R. G. Martin, A. Al-Salmi, H. Ghassani

نتاج البحث: المساهمة في مجلةArticleمراجعة النظراء

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ملخص

This paper describes Zar, a spiritual cosmology and ritual performance whose meaning is associated with the experience of spirit possession. Commentators on spirit possession such as Zar have provided evidence that it may serve three interrelated functions. It is compatible with religious mythology and cosmology; it may represent a mechanism of psychological manipulation of oppressed individuals and it can be a form of culturally defined group therapy. In this paper, we report the phenomenon of Zar possession in Oman and attempt to relate it to these three interrelated functions.

العنوان المترجم للمساهمةZar: Group distress and healing
اللغة الأصليةUndefined/Unknown
الصفحات (من إلى)47-61
عدد الصفحات15
دوريةMental Health, Religion and Culture
مستوى الصوت4
رقم الإصدار1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرPublished - 2001

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