Dreaming of Snakes in Contemporary Zambia: Small Gods and the Secular (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

In Zambia, dreams about snakes are connected to the devil. In Pentecostal ministries, testimonies about such experiences have a clear role: they function as proof that the battle between God and Satan is very real. An alternative approach is to see the dream snake as a symbol that can become meaningful in multiple ways. This article argues that both approaches are related to a process of disenchantment. Pentecostal ministries feel the need to give proof of the enchanted, spiritual world; while in the alternative approach former religious entities have become disenchanted as individual symbols.

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