RITUAL PRACTICE “DARK HOUSE” AS A METHOD OF SHAMAN HEALING OF PATIENTS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33876/2224-9680/2019-2-18/15

Abstract

The article introduces the specific healing ritual “Dark House”, held in the traditional environment of the Ob-Ugric peoples until the 1970s. Unlike other ritual practices, this rite was conducted in complete darkness. For the first time, a typological parallel is drawn between the Ob-Ugric shaman ritual and the “dark retreat”, which is not only the spiritual practice of Eastern religions, but also one of the methods of modern practical psychology. The proposed approach allows us to shed light on the understanding of the mechanisms of the positive impact of the “dark house” on the patient in traditional living conditions.

Citation link:

Voldina, T.V. (2019) Ritual’naya praktika «tyomnyj dom» kak metod shamanskogo isceleniya bol’nyh [Ritual practice “dark house” as a method of shaman healing of patients]. Medicinskaja antropologija i biojetika [Medical anthropology and bioethics], 2(18).

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