Download or read book Explorations in Folk Religion and Healing written by Gerrit Huizer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Magical and Sacred Medical World written by Éva Pócs and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers explores the sacred and magical aspects of ethno-medicine. The subject area is marked out by the points of connection between religious anthropology, ethno-medicine and medical anthropology, focusing on topics such as magical and religious concepts of health and disease, causes of disease, religious and magical averting and healing rites, healing gods, saints and, last but not least, the role that these play in the society, religion, mentality and everyday life of a community, as well as their various representations in folklore, literature or art. This volume includes, without restrictions of a methodological, temporal or geographical nature, works from the fields of folklore studies, anthropology, cultural history, comparative historical and textual philology, as well as research findings using the latest methods of analysis in textual folklore or based on archival research or fieldwork in or outside of Europe. This book will appeal to researchers and students of religion, folklore, and medical anthropology, as well as general readers interested in the humanities and cultural history.

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Download or read book Introducing Faith Healing written by Tushar K. Niyogi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study carried out in Dakshiṇa Cabbiśa Paragaṇā, India.

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Download or read book Faith healing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Read Before the American Folk lore Society November 29 1890 written by Charles Finney 1846-1912 Cox and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history of faith-healing during the 16th and 17th centuries, presented in a lecture given to the American Folk-Lore Society in 1890. This fascinating work sheds light on the beliefs and practices of our ancestors, and how they dealt with illness and injury in a time before modern medicine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Download or read book Magic and Healing written by C. J. Thompson and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. Thompson has traced the history of magic in medicine in every country where it was practiced throughout the centuries, up to its counterpart in modern times, the psychological treatment of disease. Healing by incantation, by sympathy, by touch and with the aid of astrology are all discussed. Folk medicine and herbs of healing, precious stones, rings and girdles used in healing and even beds of healing all have their place within this strange story. Handsomely illustrated.

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