Leiws 26: "[W]omen's possession 'afflictions' are regularly treated not by permanently expelling the possessing agency, but by reaching a viable accommodation with it. The spirit is tamed and domesticated [...] This treatment is usually accomplished by the induction of the affected women into a female cult group [...] Hence what men consider a demoniacal sickness, women convert into a clandestine ecstasy."
> from I. M. Lewis' Ecstatic Religion (2002)
> tagged with #women, #ecstasy
> created Feb 19, 2025 at 4:05:38 PM
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