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Author Hammerschlag, Carl A.

Title The theft of the spirit : a journey to spiritual healing with native Americans / Carl A. Hammerschlag.

Imprint New York ; London : Simon & Schuster, ©1993.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Rosen  615.852 H183t 1993    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 171 pages ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary Hammerschlag hopes to use Native American culture to "recapture the spirit we have allowed to be stolen and find spiritual health in a materialistic world."
Contents Introduction -- Prologue -- Rituals and ceremonies -- Heroes -- Old pearls, new pearls -- On bullshit -- Self-deceptions -- Cancers -- Believing is seeing -- So what's new? -- Keep on suckin' -- The transformation of garbage -- Good belly -- Learning how to pray -- Epilogue : Recapturing the spirit
Subject Healing -- Psychological aspects.
Ritual -- Therapeutic use.
Spiritual healing.
Holistic medicine.
Medicine, Psychosomatic.
Indians of North America -- Medicine.
Healing -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00952711
Holistic medicine. (OCoLC)fst00958777
Indians of North America -- Medicine. (OCoLC)fst00969843
Medicine, Psychosomatic. (OCoLC)fst01015356
Ritual -- Therapeutic use. (OCoLC)fst01098248
Spiritual healing. (OCoLC)fst01130087
ISBN 0671780239
9780671780234

 
    
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