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…showed last 75 words of 727 total…believers by training them in the proper manner of propitiating and controlling the spirit(s), that will occupy their bodies on occasion. Bourguignon attributes such attacks as being partially due to dissociated or split off parts of the personality that the conscious mind represses or disowns. Possession and possession cults also contribute to social solidarity and stability by forcing on areas of stress and attain in societal structure That threatens the status quo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**