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Title:
EXPERIENCING RITUAL
A NEW INTERPRETATION OF AFRICAN HEALING
By:
Edith Turner, William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona
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ISBN 10:
0812213661
ISBN 13:
9780812213669
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Publisher:
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Pub. date:
1 March, 1992
Series:
Contemporary Ethnography
Pages:
256
Description:
Gives an account of how the author sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. This work presents a view not common in anthropological writings - the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.
Synopsis:
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.
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27 illus.
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US
Imprint:
University of Pennsylvania Press
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