Description
This account of the ancient healing dances practiced by the
Kung people of southern Africa’s Kalahari Desert includes vivid
eyewitness descriptions of night-long healing dances and in-
terviews with Kung healers.
“At a time when many voices rightly urge us to move toward a
more holistic approach to medicine, healing and society itself,
it is fascinating and valuable to read this thoughtful, eyewit-
ness account of a culture which has always been holistic. This
is a book not just for anthropologists or psychologists, but for
a much wider readership. It is vivid and colorful.”
– Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
. .
“A brilliant sociological analysis of how the form and function
of ritual healing are shaped by the Kung social structure.”
– Common weal
“Anyone interested in the transpersonal dimensions of heal-
ing will quickly recognize the importance of this book. Rich-
ard Katz has produced a compelling narrative of his three-
month stay among a nomadic tribe of the Kalahari desert.”
– Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
After teaching at Harvard, Richard Katz is presently a Professor at
the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, an Indian-controlled
college in Saskatchewan, Canada.
In good to very good preloved condition.
Softcover.
329 pages with biblography and index
Originally sold for $37.89