Shamans, mystics, and doctors
a psychological inquiry into India and its healing traditions
by Sudhir Kakar
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Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda.
Mentally illHealingCareIndiaPsychosomatic MedicineMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiricMental illnessTherapeuticsTreatmentShamanismMysticismTraditional Medicine