Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing (Contemporary Ethnography)

by Fideli Benwa (Author), Edith Turner (Author), Singleton Kahona (Author), William Blodgett (Author)

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Illustrated
1992
$31.18

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.

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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.

$31.18

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published: 01 Mar 1992
ISBN 10: 0812213661
ISBN 13: 9780812213669