Body, Soul, Spirits and Supernatural Communication
This book provides a nuanced picture of the notions of body and soul held by the peoples of Europe through the soul concepts associated with the Judeo-Christian tradition and other religions and denominations; and the alternative traditions preserved alongside Christianity in folklore collections, l...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publisher
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
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Christianity-Philosophy
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| Summary: | This book provides a nuanced picture of the notions of body and soul held by the peoples of Europe through the soul concepts associated with the Judeo-Christian tradition and other religions and denominations; and the alternative traditions preserved alongside Christianity in folklore collections, linguistic and literary records. The studies also emphasize the connections between these notions and beliefs related to death and the dead, as well as questions of communication between the human world and the spirit world. The essays here focus on the roles notions of the soul and the spirit world play in the everyday life, religion and mentality of various communities; their folklore and literary representations, as well as the narrative metaphors, motifs, topoi and genres of ideas about the soul and about supernatural communication, along with questions of the relationship between narratives and religious notions.This book will appeal to researchers and students of religion, mythology, folklore and the anthropology of religion, as well as general readers interested in the humanities. Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Body, Soul, Double -- On Hungarian Lélek "Spirit, Soul" and the Finno-Ugric "Soul" or "Breath" or Simply "Steam" -- Eyes, Hair and Singing -- The Shadow -- "The Body Has No Soul, the Soul Has a Body" -- Body and Soul in Judaism -- Relics of the Second Body? -- Familiar Spirits -- 2. Body, Soul and Spirits of the Dead -- Souls and Body of the Living and the Dead -- Croatian Folklore Notions of the Post-Mortal and Cataleptic Soul -- Rites of Passage after Death -- Vengeful Demons in Ancient Greek Religion -- Churchyard Beings as Representatives of the Body, Soul and Death -- Stereotypes of Death in Mourning Cards -- 3. Double Beings -- Seely Wights, Fairies and Nature Spirits in Scotland -- Fairies, Angels and the Land of the Dead -- Some Notes on the Possible Origins of the Livonian Werewolves -- Between Collective and Personal Mythology -- Spectral Mothers -- 4. Communication with the Spirit World -- Circular Movement in ASC, Legends and Magical Practices -- The Wandering Soul -- Ramón de Perellós' Wordly and Otherwordly "Journey to Saint Patrick's Purgatory" -- How to Get Rid of a Ghost? -- Soul Loss and Spirit Possession among the Gun of Benin and the Kulango of the Ivory Coast -- The Interaction of Dead Spirits and the Material World in Buryat Folk Religion -- Religious World View of a Moldavian Csángó Man -- Spiritualism, Telepathy and the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis -- Contributors -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1527526232 |