Author: Sargant, William Walters
Title: The Mind Possessed : A Physiology of Possession, Mysticism, and Faith Healing
Description: London, Heinemann, (1973). orig.wrappers. 21x13cm, xii,212,(16)pp, PAPERBACK.. Frontis.; 16pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. Top page-edge soiled & spotted. Good. ¶ Contents: The Mind under Stress; Mesmerism & Increased Suggestibility; Hypnosis & Possiession; States of Possession; More About Possession; Mystical Possession; Sex & Possession; Drugs, Magic & Possession; African Experiences; Tribal Sudan; Expelling Spirits; Experiences in Zambia; Zar Possession; Casting-out Devils; Nigeria & Dahomey; Macumba in Brazil; Experiences in Trinidad; Experiences in Jamaica & Barbados; Voodoo in Haiti; Revivals in the United States of America, General Conclusions.

Keywords: Psychology of Religion, Spirit Possession, Anthropology, Psychological, Religious, Vodoun Voodoo, Afro-Caribbean, Comparative, African Mysticism, Ethnology