Possession in Two Balinese Trance Ceremonies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3028732 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hoyt Edge (Rollins College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ac.1996.7.4.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2168382814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
I discuss the construction of Balinese trance behaviors using two examples of trance possession in temple ceremonies. The view that trance states are socially constructed has long roots in anthropology. However, a closer examination of this view is warranted. In particular, I am interested in the question of the possible diversity of the constructed behavior. On the one hand, one may expect a set of general trance behaviors or experiences throughout a given society-e.g. that vision quests in a particular tribe will contain common elements, but these will vary from tribe to tribe (Lowie 1963). On the other hand, a society may offer the general outlines of acceptable trance behavior or experience, but expect them to be radically individual, depending, e.g., on the particular revelatory experience of the person. The Balinese construction of trance fits neither of these poles; rather, trance behaviors are contextualized to a particular temple but not to individual persons. Thus, the trances of the Balinese exhibit a high degree of variety from locale to locale. This unusual variety is due to two factors: a key element of Balinese Hinduism, adat (local custom), as well as a unique feature of how Balinese deities (who possess individuals in trance) are conceived
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Possession (linguistics · Sociology · Trance · Tribe · Variety (cybernetics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |