LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 31.01.2010 )
€ 79,00
How conscious spiritual experiences influence healing process? This question guided the investigation of the spontaneous mental imagery (mirações) of people under treatment in a Brazilian religion that uses the psychoactive beverage Ayahuasca (locally called Daime) as a sacrament. It was investigated the healing techniques implemented during rituals, concepts of healing and sickness, and the relationship between mirações and healing process. Sickness was considered to have a spiritual source, and healing to be accomplished when one puts oneself into a hypothetical “current of healing energy” felt during ceremonies. The experience of mirações was considered to be the source of healing, mediating and making conscious a coherent and workable whole that encompassed the ritual, the Daime, the processes of self-transformation/knowledge/exploration, physiological condition, and factors in a spiritual space – a non-physical although very objective space one believed to be shared by participants in the ceremonies, and where mirações were believed to occur. This book builds a bridge between Consciousness Studies and Anthropology, and it is recommended for people interested in those areas.
Kitap detayları: |
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ISBN-13: |
978-3-8383-4304-4 |
ISBN-10: |
3838343042 |
EAN: |
9783838343044 |
Kitabın dili: |
English |
Yazar: |
Marcelo Mercante |
Sayfa sayısı: |
312 |
Yayın tarihi: |
31.01.2010 |
Kategori: |
Genel sosyal bilimler |