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Shamans, mystics, and doctors : a psychological inquiry into India and its healing traditions / Sudhir Kakar. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, (c)1991.Description: x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226422794
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC451.K13.S536 1991
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction RC451.I6.K35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 31923001461892

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982.

Local and folk traditions. Soul knowledge and soul force: the Pir of Patteshah Dargah ; Lord of the spirit world ; Other shamans. -- Mystical traditions. The path of the saints ; Tantra and Tantric healing ; Cooling breezes: the cult of Mataji. -- Medical traditions. Indian medicine and psychiatry: cultural and theoretical perspectives on Ayurveda ; The good doctor of Jharsetli ; Epilogue: Healing and culture.

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