African Healing and Traditional Healers

作者: Mariana G Hewson , Mariana G Hewson

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9300-1_6

关键词: AestheticsAltered stateSociologyEvil spiritDivinationTraditional knowledge

摘要: The healing practice of traditional healers is described in terms of: concepts illness and health, the consultative process, diagnosis, treatment(s), prevention. A healer describes her practice. Incidents involving divination extraction evil spirits are described. I offer a comparison between western African approaches, end with note about witchcraft.