Experiencing Ritual : A New Interpretation of African Healing /
Turner, Edith
Experiencing Ritual : A New Interpretation of African Healing / Edith Turner. - 1 online resource (256 p.) : 27 illus. - Contemporary Ethnography .
Frontmatter -- 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
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812213669 9780812203981
10.9783/9780812203981 doi
Healing--Religious aspects.--Zambia
Ndembu (African people)--Medicine.
Ndembu (African people)--Religion.
Ndembu (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Shamanism--Zambia.
Anthropology.
Folklore.
Linguistics.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
DT3058.N44 / T87 1992eb
299/.6839
Experiencing Ritual : A New Interpretation of African Healing / Edith Turner. - 1 online resource (256 p.) : 27 illus. - Contemporary Ethnography .
Frontmatter -- 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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812213669 9780812203981
10.9783/9780812203981 doi
Healing--Religious aspects.--Zambia
Ndembu (African people)--Medicine.
Ndembu (African people)--Religion.
Ndembu (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Shamanism--Zambia.
Anthropology.
Folklore.
Linguistics.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
DT3058.N44 / T87 1992eb
299/.6839