Adorcism
In the sociology of religion, Luc de Heusch coined the term adorcism for practices to placate or accommodate spiritual entities in a possessed person or place. Unlike exorcism, the relationship with the entities is potentially positive. This is sometimes used as initiation into a spirit cult.[1]
Jean-Michel Oughourlian defines adorcism as "voluntary, desired, and curative possessions".[2]
Adorcism is found in Afro-American Voodoo,[3] the Zār rites of Northeast Africa and West Asia,[4] the Hausa's Bori rites,[5] and other religious practices. It is generally common among African spiritual traditions, whether adherents are Christians, Muslims, or belong to a traditional religion.[6]
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- ^ Luc de Heusch. Cultes de possession et religions initiatiques de salut en Afrique. Annales du Centre d'etudes des Religions, ii. 226-44. 1962
- ^ Jean-Michel Oughourlian. The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis [Eugene Webb, trans. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991], p. 97).
- ^ de Heusch, Luc (1989). "Kongo in Haiti: A New Approach to Religious Syncretism". Man. 24 (2): 290–303. doi:10.2307/2803307. ISSN 0025-1496.
- ^ El Hadidi, Hager. Zar: Spirit Possession, Music, and Healing Rituals in Egypt.
- ^ Besmer, Fremont. Horses, musicians, and gods: the Hausa cult of possession-trance.
- ^ Review of Women's Medicine: the zar-bori cult in Africa and beyond by Sjaak van der Geest
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