Yi shamanic rites of personal, familial, and social healing
Chinese Yi families celebrate seasonal sacrificial healing rites which both engage the spirits and stimulate cathartic human activity through poetic chants and simple symbolic gestures. The family joins the officiant as the healing agents. Personal healing procedures reflect an awareness of empirica...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publ.
2010
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| In: |
Shaman
Year: 2010, Volume: 18, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 69-86 |
| Further subjects: | B
Healing, Spiritual
B Shamanism B Psychology and religion B China B Ritual B Girard, René, , 1923-2015 B Sacrifice B Yi (Chinese people) |
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Volltext (Verlag) |