Trance and Possession in Bali: A Window on Western Multiple Personality, Possession Disorder, and Suicide

by Luh Ketut Suryani and Gordon D. Jensen

Book Overview

Trance in Bali has not been studied extensively since Belo's descriptions of the 'possession state' fifty years ago. In this book, the authors describe the psycho-social experiences of the Balinese in trance-possession states during traditional healing, dance, drama, and gamelanperformance, as well as in several mental disorders, and arrive at the same conclusion that Balinese trance-possession is the same process as multiple personality disorder...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9676531146
• ISBN13: 9789676531148
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"