| Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine Original Edition Contributor(s): Sandner, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892814349 ISBN-13: 9780892814343 Publisher: Healing Arts Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 Annotation: In this original and superbly researched work, a Jungian-trained psychiatrist explores ancient Navaho methods of healing--methods that use ritual and vibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with the natural forces that surround it. Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path. Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing: Challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art. Cloth edition of this title was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Body, Mind & Spirit | Healing - Prayer & Spiritual - Self-help | Spiritual |
| Dewey: 299.782 |
| LCCN: 91011867 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.41" W x 8.23" (0.77 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Arizona - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this original and superbly researched work, a Jungian-trained psychiatrist explores ancient Navaho methods of healing--methods that use ritual and vibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with the natural forces that surround it. Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path. Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing: Return to the origins Confrontation and manipulation of evil Death and rebirth Restoration of the universe Challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art. Cloth edition of this title was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandner, Donald: - Donald Sandner, M.D. is a San Francisco psychiatrist with a private practice in Jungian analysis. He is a former president of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. |
