Meanings
nounadorcism (countable and uncountable, plural adorcisms)
plural adorcisms
- countableuncountableThe voluntary, desired or curative possession by a spirit.
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Banga, which translates as "huge volume", commemorates the 13th Century slave and Sufi saint Sidi Marzuq, who was frequently aided by a collective of rûwahînes or spirit allies. The opposite of an exorcism, Banga is an adorcism, inviting a spirit to possess you and then finding ways to accommodate and accept it once this happens.
2019 July 2, “Unquiet Spirits: Ifriqiyya Electrique Interviewed”, in thequietus.com
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Italian adorcismo
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Portuguese adorcismo
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