Spirit possession

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Notion

Domain

Beliefs and thought

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What Wikipedia says

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.

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