We're not experts either — but felt it was important to add any information we could to help mythbust on these topics and educate people on what to expect from such practices so they may choose (or decline) them with more knowledge than they previously had.
We absolutely agree that 1-soul-per-body is a singular-centric myth, and used in some cultures as a way to scrutinize people for possession and reinforce exorcism & similar "ousting societally shunned spirits/souls" practices (which is not what this article is about, but folk might mistake various spiritual practices for being related to exorcism in some way — mostly because they have no other frameworks with which to understand the practices).
I skimmed the headings and spot skimmed a little of the article you linked and it covers a great deal of territory. I don't usually approve links in comments (they're usually spam) — but it seems like a really good read and covers a lot of territory (but I can't endorse it yet — I would need to dedicate some time to thoroughly reading it). Thank you for taking the time to comment and for adding the link – hopefully others find it useful : ) I'll try to get to reading it as time allows.
We're not experts either — but felt it was important to add any information we could to help mythbust on these topics and educate people on what to expect from such practices so they may choose (or decline) them with more knowledge than they previously had.
We absolutely agree that 1-soul-per-body is a singular-centric myth, and used in some cultures as a way to scrutinize people for possession and reinforce exorcism & similar "ousting societally shunned spirits/souls" practices (which is not what this article is about, but folk might mistake various spiritual practices for being related to exorcism in some way — mostly because they have no other frameworks with which to understand the practices).
I skimmed the headings and spot skimmed a little of the article you linked and it covers a great deal of territory. I don't usually approve links in comments (they're usually spam) — but it seems like a really good read and covers a lot of territory (but I can't endorse it yet — I would need to dedicate some time to thoroughly reading it). Thank you for taking the time to comment and for adding the link – hopefully others find it useful : ) I'll try to get to reading it as time allows.