The ritual effect
the healing response to forms and performs
pp. 117-132
Abstract
From this viewpoint, a surgical operation, psychotherapy or an acupuncture session could be seen as healing rituals. A tribesman can consider all of them as different types of neoshamanistic ceremonies for healing. He may not care about their unknown contents and chemophysical elements.
Publication details
Published in:
Goli Farzad (2016) Biosemiotic medicine: healing in the world of meaning. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 117-132
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-35092-9_5
Full citation:
Goli Farzad (2016) „The ritual effect: the healing response to forms and performs“, In: F. Goli (ed.), Biosemiotic medicine, Dordrecht, Springer, 117–132.