Terminology In the sociology of religion, Luc de Heusch coined the term adorcism for practices to placate or accommodate spiritual entities in a possessed person or place.  Jean-Michel Oughourlian defines adorcism as "voluntary, desired, and curative possessions".Jean-Michel Oughourlian. The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis [Eugene Webb, trans. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991], p. 97). An adorcism is essentially the antithesis to an exorcism; during which the relationship with spiritual entities can potentially render positive outcomes. Adorcists are human practitioners who desire ritual possession and are often associated with shamanic practices. Anthropologically, positive practices involving being "in dialog with spirits" include clairvoyance, spiritual healing, and counseling. This practice of spirit accommodation is also used by practitioners of shamanism as a form of initiation into a spirit cult; to ascend into the realm of spirits.Luc de Heusch. Cultes de possession et religions initiatiques de salut en Afrique. Annales du Centre d'etudes des Religions, ii. 226-44. 1962
 In the sociology of religion, Luc de Heusch coined the term adorcism for practices to placate or accommodate spiritual entities in a possessed person or place. Unlike exorcism, the relationship with the entities is potentially positive. This is sometimes used as initiation into a spirit cult.Luc de Heusch. Cultes de possession et religions initiatiques de salut en Afrique. Annales du Centre d'etudes des Religions, ii. 226-44. 1962 Jean-Michel Oughourlian defines adorcism as "voluntary, desired, and curative possessions".Jean-Michel Oughourlian. The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis [Eugene Webb, trans. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991], p. 97). 
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Unlike exorcism, the relationship with the entities is potentially positive. This is sometimes used as initiation into a spirit cult.Luc de Heusch. Cultes de possession et religions initiatiques de salut en Afrique. Annales du Centre d'etudes des Religions, ii. 226-44. 1962
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An adorcism is essentially the antithesis to an exorcism; during which the relationship with spiritual entities can potentially render positive outcomes. Adorcists are human practitioners who desire ritual possession and are often associated with shamanic practices. Anthropologically, positive practices involving being "in dialog with spirits" include clairvoyance, spiritual healing, and counseling. This practice of spirit accommodation is also used by practitioners of shamanism as a form of initiation into a spirit cult; to ascend into the realm of spirits.Luc de Heusch. Cultes de possession et religions initiatiques de salut en Afrique. Annales du Centre d'etudes des Religions, ii. 226-44. 1962