The Spirit’s Wish: Possession Trance and Female Power among the Punu of Congo-Brazzaville
The Journal of Religion in Africa January 1, 2011 Carine Plancke 17 citations
Abstract Among the rural Punu of Congo-Brazzaville, possession trance is an essential part of the mainly female celebrations dedicated to the bayisi or water spirits. It is a privileged medium through which these spirits reveal their wishes and conditions their willingness to assure the community’s well-being. On the human side, in order to be possessed an ‘opening of the mind’ is requested and...