...s were worshipped with orgiastic ceremonies, and trance-rites of spiritual possession. Mount Popa, an extinct volcano near Pagan, became the sacred mountain of a
...next village. And as Nats are spiritual beings, and 'heaven' is the region spiritual beings inhabit, the Burmese image of heaven is of a kind of vastly enlarged
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...by causing more suffering to the victim. At this stage a Bomoh (shaman) or spiritual leader such as an imam or a priest is called to cast out the polong.
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According to Christian tradition, demons can be [[angel|angels]], are spiritual, immutable and eternal. Demons are not [omniscient, but each one has a spec
...ple during their life, like the case of Job or through [[Demon possession|possession]], causing disgraces and diseases, or simply showing themselves before pers
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The concept of '''spiritual warfare''' is based on the belief that Satan and demons are real beings who
...actices (e.g. prayer). However, since the late Twentieth century, the term spiritual warfare has been popularized in such a way that it is frequently equated wi
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In fantasy literature and games '''Shades''' are a spiritual or emotional imprint left on a person, place or thing.
...mal's imprint left on something or someone, to something invoked into the "possession" of an object or person. Shades are sometimes thought of as strange or myth
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...calate its poltergeist activity in the BBC studios themselves, [[spiritual possession|possessing]] the show's host as a prelude to its unleashing on the world.
..., villainous spectre, ''Mr. Pipes'', is depicted as a merging of negative, spiritual energies. His physical appearance mostly resembles that of the deceased ''R
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...word from Hebrew means "impregnation." Ibbur is the most positive form of possession, and the most complicated. It happens when a righteous soul decides to occu
....ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends32_11292003.shtml Dybbuk - Spiritual Possession and Jewish Folklore]
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...- to adjure) is the practice of evicting [[demon]]s or other evil [[spirit|spiritual entities]] which are supposed to have possessed (taken control of) a person
The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism are very ancient and widesprea
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...pirit. The incubi and Succubi of the Middle Ages are sometimes regarded as spiritual beings; but they were held to give proof of their bodily existence, such as
According to Christian tradition, demons can be angels, are spiritual, immutable and eternal. Demons are not omniscient, but each one has a speci
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* [[Spiritual possession]]
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In Yasht 19.46ff, Angra Mainyu and Spenta Mainyu battle for possession of khvaraenah, "divine glory" or "fortune". In some verses of the Yasna (eg
==In modern spiritual systems==
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...the spell shall be put to death. He that plunged into the river shall take possession of the house of him who laid the spell upon him.''
...be made that the evil of these practices only lay in the pretending to the possession of powers which did not really exist.
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...popular [[superstition]], largely due to their alleged power to [[demonic possession|possess]] humans, and they are an important concept in many modern religion
...bodies, see Talmud Bavli) and are able to pass between this world and the spiritual (Talumud Bavli, Masechta Brochos).
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.... As the songs are sung spirits will come to visit those present by taking possession of individuals and speaking and acting through them. Each spirit is saluted
...he southern US are claimed by some to be found within the African-American Spiritual Churches of New Orleans, a city with a large Catholic population. This is a
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A '''zombie''' is traditionally an [[undead]] person in the Caribbean spiritual belief system of [[voodoo]]. Essentially a dead body re-animated by unnatur
...worldwide apocalypse of intelligent zombies, apparently caused by demonic possession. Walter Greatshell's novel ''Xombies'' is about a plague that turns women
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...and the other a carrier of diseases. Manorama had knowledge of a powerful spiritual weapon, but did not know how to wield it, so she taught it to Svarocisa. Wh
...mmunity.[29][30] When one of the versions of these pamphlets came into the possession of a state official in 1893, he commented that the image “contained a rep
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...are intended to terrorize the enemy, and it can be used to reflect various spiritual beliefs.
...last century. Its portrayal of vampirism as a disease (contagious demonic possession), with its undertones of sex, blood, and death, struck a chord in a Victori
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