Among the Healers: Stories of Spiritual and Ritual Healing Around the World.0275987299 Among the healers; stories of spiritual and ritual healing around the world. Turner, Edith. Praeger 2006 183 pages $44.95 Hardcover Religion, health, and healing BL65 In order to "make the exotic familiar and to make the familiar exotic," the editor of the Anthropology and Humanism humanism, philosophical and literary movement in which man and his capabilities are the central concern. The term was originally restricted to a point of view prevalent among thinkers in the Renaissance. journal, shares lessons she learned from studying diverse spiritual healing spiritual healing, n healing systems based on the principle of spirituality and its effect on well-being and recovery. traditions. In her experiential ex·pe·ri·en·tial adj. Relating to or derived from experience. ex·pe  ri·en approach, Turner includes her own and
other anthropologists' accounts, from the "singing out"
of spirits in patients in Africa to alternative healing alternative healing Natural healing A philosophical stance based on alternative medicine principles, in which a person is returned to a state of well-being through a therapy that is not 'mainstream' in nature. See Alternative medicine. in the U.S. The
23 stories address the themes of energy, experiencing power,
transmitting power, spirits, and community. Several b&w photos
feature healers, their herbs and rituals.
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