Ipseity, Alterity, and Community: The Tri-Unity of Maya Therapeutic Healing
Abstract. Taking K'iche’ Maya therapeutic consultations in Guatemala as its focus, this essay explores some astonishing indigenous accounts of “healing-at-a-distance” and “pain passing” between healers and wellness-seekers. Rather than exoticizing or dismissing such reports, we attempt to under...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2006
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Zygon
Year: 2006, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 903-914 |
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wellness-seeker
B self / other concepts B ipseity B Sympathy B Maya B Healing B Alterity B Medical anthropology B cultural psychology |
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