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Healing Cultures

Author : NA NA

Publisher : Springer

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 50,55 MB

Release : 2016-09-27

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 113707647X

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The Spanish expression - la cultura cura (culture heals) - is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people. What happens, however, when cultures themselves are in jeopardy? What are the "antidotes" or healing modalities for an ailing culture? Healing Cultures addresses these questions from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, holistic folk traditions, literature, film, cultural and religious studies - bringing together the broad range of beliefs and the spectrum of practices that have sustained the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean.



Healing Cultures

Author : Nirekha De Silva

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 314 pages

File Size : 30,47 MB

Release : 2023-10-12

Category : Law

ISBN : 1527531635

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This book showcases the diverse range of healing cultures, and explores how government action can have an impact through determining, promoting, protecting or destroying traditional cultural aspects of healing and wellbeing, based on a case study of Sri Lanka. It argues that diverse forms of healing practices matter not only because of their value in the health and wellbeing of the community, but also because they strongly contribute towards the intangible cultural heritage of the country. Identifying the diverse forms of healing practices existing in the country and the role of the existing regulatory mechanisms determines the potential for protecting the diversity of healing. Despite Sri Lanka being historically rich in traditional knowledge and expression, very little, if anything, has been written on regulating traditional practices related to health and wellbeing in the country, a lacuna which this volume fills.



Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes

Author : Jana Pesoutová

Publisher :

Page : 390 pages

File Size : 27,9 MB

Release : 2019-08-20

Category :

ISBN : 9789088907647

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This study focuses on current healing practices from a cultural memory perspective.



Cultures of Healing

Author : Peregrine Horden

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 616 pages

File Size : 30,41 MB

Release : 2019-01-30

Category : History

ISBN : 0429657323

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This volume brings together for the first time an updated collection of articles exploring poverty, poor relief, illness, and health care as they intersected in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, during a ‘long’ Middle Ages. It offers a thorough and wide-ranging investigation into the institution of the hospital and the development of medicine and charity, with focuses on the history of music therapy and the history of ideas and perceptions fundamental to psychoanalysis. The collection is both sequel and complement to Horden’s earlier volume of collected studies, Hospitals and Healing from Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages (2008). It will be welcomed by all those interested in the premodern history of healing and welfare for its breadth of scope and scholarly depth.



Healing Traditions

Author : Karen Elizabeth Flint

Publisher : Ohio University Press

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 38,12 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Medicine

ISBN : 0821418491

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Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa's healthcare challenges.



Indian Healing

Author : Wolfgang G. Jilek

Publisher : Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 12,81 MB

Release : 1982

Category : History

ISBN :

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This book places the revival of Indigenous ceremonialism in a new light. The author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions by showing the traditional rituals to have well-defined and integrated therapeutic effects. The guardian spirit ceremonial of the Coast Salish First Nations combines the Spirit Quest of the Plateau bands with the rich ceremonial life of the Northwest Coast cultures. In this book, the author draws upon personal observations and upon information obtained in years of close contact with the Coast Salish Peoples, as a physician and psychiatrist, as well as upon ethnographic literature. He witnessed the revival of the ceremonial after decades of suppression and shows that, besides its complex traditional functions, it now provides the local Indigenous population with an annual winter treatment program in which several types of well-defined therapeutic procedures are integrated. These procedures compare favorably with Western medical management of psychophysiological conditions and with Western correctional measures in behavior disorders. Initiation into spirit dancing permits an alienated Indigenous person, suffering from what the author describes as 'anomic depression', to reidentify with the culture of his ancestors and obtain the traditional guardian spirit power in order to grow with it into a more rewarding and healthier existence. In presenting a scientific analysis of the ceremonial, the author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions. It is hoped that the Indigenous elders and healers who have generously shared their knowledge with the author will be encouraged by this book to continue with their efforts in the service of the Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast.



Healing Power

Author : Cunera Buijs

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 47,13 MB

Release : 2021-02-12

Category :

ISBN : 9789088909184

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People around the world are seeking for new healing methods, and they do so not in isolation but in global interaction. This publication provides new perspectives by combining essays from ritual specialists and scientists active in spiritual healing practices worldwide.



Music and Healing Across Cultures

Author : David Akombo

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 31,39 MB

Release : 2006-07-01

Category : Education

ISBN : 1411689313

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Music and Healing Across Cultures unfolds the mechanics of the relationship between music, healing, and the cosmos. It shows the organizing power of this tradition in its ability to even promote mind/body coordination in schizophrenics. This systematic, scientific approach to ethnomusicology and anthropology stands as a beacon light to those researchers who wish to make use of an ancient and wiser time when drums and restraints were preempted by creative energy and inner calm. Those incapable of feeling happiness are found dancing with joy. Those who could not speak are singing.



Medicine Across Cultures

Author : Helaine Selin

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 428 pages

File Size : 16,19 MB

Release : 2006-04-11

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0306480948

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This work deals with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography.



Ancient Healing in a Modern World: How Secrets from Ancient Cultures Can Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body and Soul

Author : Kit Karlyle

Publisher : Sante Publishing

Page : 170 pages

File Size : 37,2 MB

Release : 2019-05-12

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 9781733916004

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The Secrets of Good Health are Timeless, and ancient healing practices offer us a Wealth of Wellness. From the exotic "Old City" of Chiang Mai, to the Royal Herbal Gardens of Sri Lanka, and the vibrant Spa Culture of Ancient Rome, healing methods of antiquity are being used successfully today. Here you'll discover Ancient Secrets which reveal: * Methods to reduce stress and burnout* Natural remedies to generate physical, mental and emotional healing* How to maintain health and vitality as you age* How anyone can start a wellness practice regardless of how much time, energy or resources they have* How secrets from ancient cultures can jumpstart rejuvenation and wellness that don't require modern medicineAll of us have access to natural healing sources that are immensely effective.And some are even in your own backyard!This book offers you tools that can: *BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM *REDUCE STRESS*INCREASE YOUR ENERGY LEVELS *IMPROVE SLEEP QUALITY *ALLEVIATE PAIN *JUMPSTART REJUVENATION Adding some or all these practices to your daily routine establishes a path of wellness and elevates your spirit, which adds both quantity and quality to your years. You will learn lifestyle habits and philosophies from some of the longest living people on the planet, along with an action plan to start implementing them today. About the AuthorKit is a former Wall Street executive who experienced intense corporate burnout that ultimately brought her to her knees. Determined to discover her true calling, achieve holistic well-being and stave off the aging process, she began a deep dive into the world of global healing and modalities which has taken her to all corners of the globe. Based on ardent research and immersive wellness experiences, Kit delivers curated "healing wisdom of the ages" that you can implement right where you are.