Divination and healing : potent vision / edited by Michael Winkelman and Philip M. Peek.

Other author Winkelman, Michael.
Other author Peek, Philip M.
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2004.
Descriptionviii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Michael Winkelman and Philip M. Peek -- In search of the real / Koen Stroeken -- Drumming, divination, and healing / Edith Turner -- Calendrical divination by the Ixil Maya of Guatemala / Benjamin N. Colby -- Owner of the day and regulator of the universe / Jacob K. Olupona -- Divination in North American Indian shamanic healing / William S. Lyon -- Ways of knowing and healing / Eva Jane Neumann Fridman -- Divination in multireligious Southeast Asia / Ruth-Inge Heinze -- Healing through the spirits / Krishnakali Majumdar -- The Laibon diviner and healer among Samburu pastoralists of Kenya / Elliot Fratkin -- The Ngawbe all-night home-based vigil / Keith Bletzer -- Yaka divination / René Devisch.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index.
LCCN 2004001864
ISBN0816523770 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN475.7 .D58 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold