Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing

Edith Turner

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1992

Experiencing Ritual

A New Interpretation of African Healing

Edith Turner
In collaboration with: William Blodgett , Singleton Kahona and Fideli Benwa

In the series Contemporary Ethnography

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203981

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About this book

Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings—the view of millions of Africans—that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Field Context of the Ihamba Rituals in 198s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4. Discussion of the First Ihamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. Background to the Second Ihamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. Seeing Spirits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Coda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Appendix 1. African Spirit Healing and Ihamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Appendix 2. Types of Spirit Healen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Appendix 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Appendix 4. Cupping with Horns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix 5. Music and Drumming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Appendix 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Appendix 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Appendix 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Appendix 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndembu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Appendix 10. Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Appendix 11. Abridged Genealogy of the Kahona Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 27 illus.
Keywords: Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: June 3, 2011
ISBN: 9780812203981