Experiencing ritual : a new interpretation of African healing / Edith Turner with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Blodgett, William.

Kahona, Singleton.

Benwa, Fideli.

Series:

Series in contemporary ethnography.

Series in contemporary ethnography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ndembu (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Ndembu (African people).

Ndembu (African people)--Religion.

Ndembu (African people)--Medicine.

Shamanism--Zambia.

Shamanism.

Healing--Zambia--Religious aspects.

Healing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings—the view of millions of Africans—that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.

Contents:

Front matter

Content

Preface

Introduction

1. The Field Context of the Ihamba Rituals in 198s

2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba

3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata

4. Discussion of the First Ihamba

5. Background to the Second Ihamba

6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru

7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience

8. Seeing Spirits

Coda

Appendix 1. African Spirit Healing and Ihamba

Appendix 2. Types of Spirit Healen

Appendix 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens

Appendix 4. Cupping with Horns

Appendix 5. Music and Drumming

Appendix 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions

Appendix 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario

Appendix 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared

Appendix 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndembu

Appendix 10. Maps

Appendix 11. Abridged Genealogy of the Kahona Family

Notes

References

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Third paperback printing 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.

ISBN:

9786613212160

9781283212168

1283212161

9780812203981

0812203984

9780585116938

0585116938

OCLC:

44957201