03322nam 22006615 450 991072838870332120230528035437.03-031-25920-310.1007/978-3-031-25920-3(MiAaPQ)EBC30553126(Au-PeEL)EBL30553126(OCoLC)1380996705(DE-He213)978-3-031-25920-3(BIP)087041504(CKB)26784646300041(EXLCZ)992678464630004120230528d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn Anthropological Study of Spirits /by Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 online resource (260 pages)Print version: VanPool, Christine S. An Anthropological Study of Spirits Cham : Springer,c2023 9783031259197 Chapter 1. Things that go Bump in the Night (and Day) -- Chapter 2. Anthropology and the Science of the Supernatural: Souls, Ancestors, Ghosts, and Spirits -- Chapter 3. An Operational Classification of Spirits -- Chapter 4. The World of Spirits -- Chapter 5. Spirits and their Helpers -- Chapter 6. Defense against the Dark -- Chapter 7. Neurology, Physiology, and the Mind/Spirit Interface -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.This book discusses the cultural importance of spirits, what spirits want, and how humans interact with them, using examples from around the world and through time. Examples range from the vengeful spirits of the Zulu that cast lightning bolts from clear skies to punish wrongdoers, to the benevolent Puebloan Kachina that encourage prosperity, safety, and rain in the arid American Southwest. The case studies illustrate how humans seek to cooperate (or counteract) spirits to heal the physical and spiritual ailments of their people, to divine the truth, or to gain resources. Building from their cross-cultural analyses, the authors further discuss how our physiology and psychology impact our interaction with the spirits. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the beauty and power of the spirits that continue to shape the lives of people around the world. .Anthropology of religionReligion and sociologyReligion—PhilosophyEthnologyAnthropology of ReligionSociology of ReligionPhilosophy of ReligionSociocultural AnthropologyAnthropologySocial ScienceAnthropology of religion.Religion and sociology.Religion—Philosophy.Ethnology.Anthropology of Religion.Sociology of Religion.Philosophy of Religion.Sociocultural Anthropology.306.6306.6VanPool Christine S1362854VanPool Todd L1362855MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910728388703321An Anthropological Study of Spirits3382373UNINA