Possession
“Possession” means, in the spiritual view of this lexicon, the conception that a human being is influenced by a foreign or one’s own soul-fragment – for instance from an earlier incarnation. The conception has a long cultural-historical tradition.
A spiritual-historical conception
In our reading, a soul-“fragment” can lead a certain life of its own and burden a human being. Such images of “impure spirits” or “shadows” are found in many cultures and religions. For us they belong to the sphere of karma and the development of the soul.
A clear distinction from mental illnesses
Historically, states that we today know as psychoses or schizophrenia were sometimes read as “possession”. This equation we reject: mental illnesses are medically well described and – especially with signs such as delusion, hearing voices or loss of reality – belong promptly in specialist medical treatment (see psychosis and psychiatry). We advise against any self-treatment with drugs.
What does that mean in practice?
- Keep spiritual conception and mental illness apart.
- No self-experiments with drugs.
Frequently asked questions
Is 'possession' the same as a psychosis or schizophrenia?
No. Possession is here a spiritual-historical conception. Psychoses and schizophrenia are serious mental illnesses that are medically well described and treatable. We do not equate the two.
Does the Kyborg Institute recommend drugs such as mescaline for 'cleansing'?
No. We advise against any self-treatment with drugs – it is dangerous and especially risky in the case of mental illnesses.
Change history · last updated on
- — Notes shortened, text tidied.
- — Address of this entry localised: it now carries the English term instead of the German one. The old address redirects.
- — First English version.
Sources
- D. Harald Alke: Gesundheitslexikon (Health Encyclopedia). A detailed account of health-relevant topics and therapeutic methods; bundled, overlapping experiences from around 30 years of life counselling with clients. Kyborg Institute.
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