Possible Psychological Roles of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls: Therapeutic Functions of Belief in Demons and the Practice of Incantations
Markham Geller’s work on belief in ancient Mesopotamian demons draws on Freudian psychology to demonstrate that this belief may have had specific psychological benefits. It offers a promising perspective from which to study the Aramaic incantation bowls with a view to establishing the possible psych...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-109 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Demon
/ Freud, Sigmund 1856-1939
/ Geller, Markham J. 1949-
/ Early Judaism
/ Mesopotamia
/ Psychology
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion HD Early Judaism NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
Beschwörungsschalen
B Demons Sigmund Freud Markham Geller incantation bowls early Judaism Mesopotamia psychology |
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