Indian healing : Shamanic ceremonialism in the Northwest Pacific today

Jilek, Wolfgang G. 1930- (author.). Title: Salish Indian Mental Health and Culture Change (alternate title.).

Summary: "This book places the revival of Indian ceremonialism in a new light. The author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions by showing the traditional rituals to have well-defined and integrated therapeutic effects." -- goodreads.com

Record details

ISBN: 088839120X (softcover)
ISBN: 9780888391209 (softcover)
Physical Description: 181 pages, [16] pages of leaves : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House Publishers Ltd., 1992.
Copyright: ©1982

Content descriptions

General Note:

Parts of this book previously published as: Salish Indian Mental Health and Culture Change. 1974.

Originally issued in series: Cultures and Communities: Native Peoples.

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Introduction -- 2 The Revival of Spirit Dancing in the Faser Valley British Colubmia -- 3 The Achievment of Altered States of Conciousness in the Salish Guardian Spirit complex -- 4 Contemporary Spirit Illness and Anomic Depression -- 5 The therapeutic process of contemporary Spirit Dance Initiation -- 6 Annual Winter Therapy -- 7 Therapeutic Effectivness -- 8 From Psychohygienic Ritual Pshuchotherapy -- 9 Modern Spirit Dancing as a Therapeutic Social Movement -- 10 Anomic Depression: Why Indian People die -- 11 Structure and Symbolism of Shamanic Healing -- 12 Renaissance of North American Indian Ceremonialism