Experiencing Ritual
A New Interpretation of African Healing

Edith Turner. With William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa

256 pages | 6 x 9 | 27 illus.
Paper 1992 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1366-9 | $26.50s | £17.50 | Add to shopping cart
A volume in the Contemporary Ethnography series

Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings—the view of millions of Africans—that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.

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