The occurrence of possession amnesia—memory loss subsequent to the cessation of possession by a spirit—is chronicled in Akkadian, Greek, early Jewish, and Christian literature. Anthropologists have collected data that witness to the same phenomenon occurring in indigenous cultures. Anthropologists have argued that patterns of experience with certain inexplicable phenomena, such as with spirits, may provide clues for evidence of their existence. This article discusses patterns of possession amnesia that occur cross-culturally and transhistorically as possible evidential support for the existence of spirits.

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拥有失忆症：经验模式，精神的证据

在阿卡德语、希腊语、早期犹太教和基督教文献中记录了附身失忆症——精神停止附身后的记忆丧失。人类学家收集的数据见证了土著文化中发生的相同现象。人类学家认为，对某些莫名其妙的现象（例如精神）的体验模式可能会为它们的存在提供线索。本文讨论了跨文化和跨历史发生的占有失忆症的模式，作为精神存在的可能证据支持。