1st Edition
Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance A Journey into Human Selfhood in an African Village
By Roy Willis
Copyright 1999
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Where does 'the self' in 'myself' begin and end? And what do ideas of 'spirit' tell us about the nature of human selfhood? To investigate these poorly understood matters, veteran anthropologist, neo-shaman and paranormal healer Roy Willis spent five months in a remote part of northern Zambia exploring human consciousness in a fascinating and sometimes terrifying series of adventures. This... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface, Note on Orthography and Style, Introduction: the Making of This Book, 1. Research Assistance, 2. Homeland and Familihood, 3. Managing Time and Space, 4. Making Ethnography, 5. Sorcery Attack, 6. Dreaming Medicine, 7. Dispossession, 8. Afterthoughts: Selfhood in the Global Village, Appendix: Follow-up Reports on Ngulu Patients and Doctors, Glossary of Lungu Terms, Bibliography, Archival Sources, Index
Biography
Roy Willis Emeritus Fellow in Social Anthropology,University of Edinburgh
