Amongst the conservative Samburu pastoral nomads of northern Kenya , Paul Spencer ( Spencer , 1965 ) has vividly described trance states which in their own local cultural setting involve no mystical aetiology .
Ecstatic Religion has, since its first appearance in 1971, became the classic investigative study of these puzzling phenomena.
Probing the mysteries of spirit possession through the critical lens of anthropological and sociological theory, this fully revised and expanded edition is of crucial importance for students of psychology, sociology and religious mysticism.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism
In this second edition, Professor Lewis offers a new introduction in which he answers his critics and defines his current position in the field.