Witchcraft and Sorcery in RhodesiaInternational African Institute, 1967 - 312 páginas |
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... DIVINER WAS PRESENT A DIVINER was not present or immediately responsible for com- paratively few of the wizardry allegations known to me ; but al- though the number of cases where no diviner was involved is comparatively small , such ...
... DIVINER WAS PRESENT A DIVINER was not present or immediately responsible for com- paratively few of the wizardry allegations known to me ; but al- though the number of cases where no diviner was involved is comparatively small , such ...
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... diviner gets his clients into a highly suggestible state by means of various devices . In this state a person may , for example , be unable to pick up the mutundu ( basket ) of the Shona diviner or may be induced to see faces in the ...
... diviner gets his clients into a highly suggestible state by means of various devices . In this state a person may , for example , be unable to pick up the mutundu ( basket ) of the Shona diviner or may be induced to see faces in the ...
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... diviners often fail to divine correctly . This in no way affects belief in the powers of diviners generally . The diviner who fails is simply considered a charlatan . One unusually sceptical informant whose home was the Seke Reserve ...
... diviners often fail to divine correctly . This in no way affects belief in the powers of diviners generally . The diviner who fails is simply considered a charlatan . One unusually sceptical informant whose home was the Seke Reserve ...
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Evidence and Confessions of Wizardry | 40 |
The Nature of Wizardry Beliefs | 66 |
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Witchcraft and Sorcery in Rhodesia J. R. Crawford,International African Institute Vista de fragmentos - 1967 |
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