The paper focuses on spirit possession of Muslim Arabs by Jewish spirits in Meknes, Morocco. It is a topic that has not been extensively studied in ethnographic literature yet, both because Jewish spirits represent an absolute otherness compared to the Moroccan pantheon, and rites dedicated to them are reserved. Furthermore, studies on spirit possession in Morocco have mainly focused on the...
In Meknes over the last decade a couple consisting of a man possessed by a female spirit and a woman possessed by a male spirit has established themselves in the context of spirit possession. The events comprising their individual life stories and marital relationship are extraordinarily closely integrated with their experiences with the world of the invisible. The alliance with the spirits...