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This document discusses two cultural patterns of altered states of consciousness in Judaism - the dybbuk and the maggid. It provides context on how anthropologists have historically been reluctant to study Judaism using their analytic tools due to concerns over applying concepts of "primitive" societies to monotheistic religions. More recently, boundaries between disciplines have blurred as anthropologists incorporate more textual and contextual analysis. The document evaluates the dybbuk and maggid phenome

Author

Marla Segol

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EN