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Nubian zar ceremonies as psychotherapy
Human organization • 26 (4) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 185-194
By: Kennedy, John G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an examination of the efficacy of a Nubian ceremony for curing mental illnesses through contact with the possessing spirits causing the symptoms. The discussion draws on information collected through a combination of direct observation of such ceremonies and interviews with individual practitioners. The analysis highlights specific elements of the ceremony that the author evaluated as having curative effects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Magicians and diviners
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nubians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Aswan Governate, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- John G. Kennedy
- bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47033317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nubians--Egypt--Aswan
- Nubians--Egypt--Psychology