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In the nights preceding the expected return of their Messiah instructions were given on how contact with the dead and the return of the Koreri could be brought about. This was to be achieved by reaching an organized climax by the performance of appropriate songs and dances and by the use of imitative magic. Mass-psychosis, artificially achieved visions, possession and glossolaly are attendant phenomena.
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Kamma, F.C. (1972). The Advent Nights. In: Koreri Messianic Movements in the Biak-Numfor Culture Area. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0742-4_7
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