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Spirit possession: Cultures, Organized religions & African traditions

Spirit possession is an altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body and its functions by spirits, ghosts, demons, angels, or deities. The concept of spirit possession exists in many cultures and religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Dominican Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Hinduism, Islam…

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Spirit possession topic overview

The analysis highlights Cultures, Organized religions and African traditions as prominent areas in the source structure around Spirit possession.

Related topics
332
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
344
Extracted relationships
175
Concept neighborhoods
52
Bridge connections
344

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 127 topics
Organized religions · 64 topics
African diasporic traditions · 37 topics
Scientific views · 27 topics
Asian traditions · 25 topics
African traditions · 20 topics
Notable examples · 17 topics
Oceanic traditions · 7 topics
The Americas and Caribbean · 5 topics
New religious movements · 2 topics
Shamanic traditions · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Organized religions

African traditions

African diasporic traditions

Asian traditions

The Americas and Caribbean

Oceanic traditions

Shamanic traditions

New religious movements

Scientific views

Notable examples

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Spirit possession connects Entity context

The extracted context around Spirit possession shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Spirit possession → African, African- American Baptist, African-American, African-Americans, As Africans, Bakongo, Bantu-Kongo, Bible, Black, Black Spiritual, Bois, Central Africa, Christian, Church, Du Bois, Enslaved African Americans, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Hoodoo Another extracted example is Spirit possession → African, African Americans, Afro-Caribbean, Allison Montana, Big Chief, Black, During Mardi Gras, I'll, I'm, If, In New Orleans, Look, Louisiana, Mardi Gras Indians, Masking Indian, My, Native American, This, West African, You're. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Spirit possession

Top relations

related to Hoodoo · 40
Spirit possession → African, African- American Baptist, African-American, African-Americans, As Africans, Bakongo, Bantu-Kongo, Bible, Black, Black Spiritual, Bois, Central Africa, Christian, Church, Du Bois, Enslaved African Americans, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Hoodoo
related to Mardi Gras Indians · 20
Spirit possession → African, African Americans, Afro-Caribbean, Allison Montana, Big Chief, Black, During Mardi Gras, I'll, I'm, If, In New Orleans, Look, Louisiana, Mardi Gras Indians, Masking Indian, My, Native American, This, West African, You're
related to East Asia · 13
Spirit possession → Certain, East Asian, Japanese, Korean, She, Shinto, Some, Super Normal II, Taiwan, Taoism, The Hong Kong, Yunlin County, Zhen Tian Temple
related to Medicine and psychology · 10
Spirit possession → DSM-5, F44, ICD-10, In, It, People, Spirit, Studies, Tourette's, Trance
related to Umbanda · 9
Spirit possession → According, Afro-Brazilian, Examples, Exu, Pomba Gira, The, Umbanda, When, Yoruba
related to Cultural anthropology · 8
Spirit possession → Brazil, Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch, Lewis, Marcel Griaule, North America, The, Western Africa
related to Italian folk magic · 8
Spirit possession → Christmas Eve, If, In, It, Italian, Italy, The, These
related to Southern Africa · 7
Spirit possession → South Africa, The, They, Those, Transkei, Xesibe, Xhosa-speaking
related to East Africa · 6
Spirit possession → Despite, Kenya, Kenya The Digo, Other, The Giriama, These
related to Islam · 6
Spirit possession → Although, Islamic, Muslim, Possession, Spirit, Various

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

possession spirit spirits demons possessed people may women body demonic also one jinn evil men person according african holy trance

Spirit possession relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 175 structured relationships around Spirit possession. Examples in this analysis include Spirit possession → is a → altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body and its functions by spirits and Spirit possession → is a → common belief. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Spirit possessionis aaltered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body and its functions by spirits0.90text
Spirit possessionis acommon belief0.90text
Spirit possessionis atraditional way of rebelling against authority without punishment0.90text
Spirit possessionpart ofthe native culture of the Sidama people of southwest Ethiopia0.85text
Spiritualism can open up a doorway to great spiritual oppression which requires a Christian rite to set that person freeinstance ofbecoming involved in activities0.80text
al-Rustughfanīinstance ofbut it has been challenged since the early years by Maturidite scholars0.80text
nudity or a less extreme alternativeinstance oftrance rituals may have occurred0.80text
a trance where the person to enter trance receives the god or spirit into their body.Further according to Nissineninstance oftrance rituals may have occurred0.80text
the Hebrew Bibleinstance oftrance rituals may have occurred0.80text
may contain evidence that trance-related practices may have been the origins of the Jewish traditions of prophetic messagesinstance oftrance rituals may have occurred0.80text
the tambourineinstance ofInstruments0.80text
harpsinstance ofInstruments0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Spirit possession bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Spirit, People and Possessed. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Spirit possession
    • Spirit
    • People
    • Possessed
    • One
    • Women
    • Holy
    • Belief
    • Body
    • Spirits
    • Among
    • New
    • Called
  • spirit possession
    • Spirit
    • Demonic
    • People
    • Women
    • Possessed
    • One
    • Holy
    • Belief
    • New
    • Spirits
    • Body
    • Among
  • new catholic encyclopedia
    • Exorcism
    • Demonic
    • Church
    • Practice
    • Tradition
    • People
    • Possession
    • Evil
    • Spirit
    • May
    • Spirits
    • Knowledge
  • holy spirit
    • Become
    • Church
    • People
    • Hoodoo
    • Possessed
    • One
    • Women
    • Holy
    • Spirit
    • Spiritual
    • Called
    • Belief
  • demonic possession
    • Spirit
    • Demonic
    • Possession
    • Catholic
    • Church
    • Women
    • One
    • Belief
    • New
    • Spirits
    • People
    • Body
  • crossroads spirit
    • People
    • Possessed
    • One
    • Women
    • Holy
    • Belief
    • Spirits
    • Among
    • New
    • Called
    • Men
    • African
  • the possession of elizabeth knapp
    • Spirit
    • Demonic
    • Women
    • Belief
    • New
    • Spirits
    • People
    • One
    • Body
    • African
    • Practice
    • Trance
  • demons
    • Belief
    • Evil
    • Spirits
    • Demon
    • Possessed
    • New
    • Possess
    • Also
    • Spirit
    • Possession
    • Knowledge
    • Catholic

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Spirit possession, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Spirit possession with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Spirit possession — Overview · splits 216 ⟂ 129
Spirit possession — Organized religions · splits 280 ⟂ 65
Spirit possession — African diasporic traditions · splits 307 ⟂ 38
Spirit possession — Scientific views · splits 317 ⟂ 28
Spirit possession — Asian traditions · splits 319 ⟂ 26
Spirit possession — African traditions · splits 324 ⟂ 21
Spirit possession — Notable examples · splits 327 ⟂ 18
Spirit possession — Oceanic traditions · splits 337 ⟂ 8
Spirit possession — The Americas and Caribbean · splits 339 ⟂ 6
Spirit possession — New religious movements · splits 342 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Spirit possession

Nodes345
Edges344
Triples175
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005797
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Spirit possession to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Cultures, Organized religions & African traditions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Spirit possession · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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