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Possession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1122 words) |
 | A person may be in possession of some property (although possession does not always imply ownership). |
| It is important to distinguish between the intention sufficient to obtain possession of a thing and the intention required to commit the crime of possessing something illegally, such as banned drugs, firearms or stolen goods. |
| Possession is one of the most important concepts in property law. |
| Spiritual possession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1319 words) |
| While not all belief systems consider spirits to be purely good or evil, the term demonic possession is commonly used when the spirit is perceived as malignant (a demon), whereas incorporation or channelling may be used in the case of benign spirits. |
| Some forms of channeling appear to involve spiritual possession, as the medium's voice or body may appear to be under the direct control of the channelled spiritual being, but some maintain that channeling and possession are distinct. |
| Many other creeds, including Shamanism and many African and Afro-American religions, teach that spiritual possession may be benign as well as malign, and their rituals often include incorporation: either of spiritual deities, such as the lwa of Vodou, the Orisha of the Yoruba, or of the ghosts of deceased people, as in Kardecism. |
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