Kakar, Sudhir, <br/><br/>
Shamans, mystics, and doctors :  a psychological inquiry into India and its healing traditions /  [print] 
Sudhir Kakar. 
 - Chicago, Illinois :  University of Chicago Press,  (c)1991. 
 - x, 306 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982. 
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226422794 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>90020821 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental illness--Treatment--India.<br/>Shamanism--India.<br/>Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--India.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451.K13.S536 1991