Among the healers : stories of spiritual and ritual healing around the world / Edith Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-2016.

Series:

Religion, health, and healing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual healing.

Alternative medicine.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Physical Description:

xxv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Summary:

Every day, everywhere in the world, people deal with sickness (both physical and mental), and must choose ways to address the illnesses from which they suffer. Some will go to doctors, take medicine, have surgery. Others will do nothing. Still others try a combination of prayer and medical attention. And some communities rely on religious, spiritual, and ritual healing methods that employ various techniques to heal their loved ones. Here, a renowned anthropologist takes the reader on a tour of the myriad spiritual healing traditions from around the world. Lessons from communities in rural Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Israel, Russia, Africa, and the U.S. will provide a road map for readers as they navigate through the many traditions, rituals, and sacred mysteries of healing.

Contents:

Breakthrough to healing : the sighting of an African spirit

Energy healing

The experience of power

Scenes of the imparting of power

The presence of spirits in healing

The idea of communitas

Patterns of healing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-176) and index.

ISBN:

0275987299

OCLC:

61115447