Freud among the Orang Sakai: the father archetype, the talking cure, and the transference in a Sumatran shamanic healing complex
Freud among the Orang Sakai: the father archetype, the talking cure, and the transference in a Sumatran shamanic healing complex
This article provides a detail description of a Sakai shamanic healing ritual session. The aim is to show that certain therapeutic techniques and themes associated with Freud are prevalent in indigenous form within the shamanic healing "tool kit." These Freudian themes are a) recognition of the therapeutic force of the word, b) the healing qualities of the father archetype, c) recognition of transference type phenomena, and d) recognition of the detrimental side of emotional investment in others (object cathexis). This article also makes the point that in our attempt to understand indigenous healing we should focus on the one-to-one relationship between the healing techniques and the indigenous theory of consciousness.
shamanic healing, psychoanalysis, ritual, performance, songs as talking cure
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Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
2013
Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
Porath, Nathan
(2013)
Freud among the Orang Sakai: the father archetype, the talking cure, and the transference in a Sumatran shamanic healing complex.
Anthropos, 108 (1), .
Abstract
This article provides a detail description of a Sakai shamanic healing ritual session. The aim is to show that certain therapeutic techniques and themes associated with Freud are prevalent in indigenous form within the shamanic healing "tool kit." These Freudian themes are a) recognition of the therapeutic force of the word, b) the healing qualities of the father archetype, c) recognition of transference type phenomena, and d) recognition of the detrimental side of emotional investment in others (object cathexis). This article also makes the point that in our attempt to understand indigenous healing we should focus on the one-to-one relationship between the healing techniques and the indigenous theory of consciousness.
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Published date: 2013
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shamanic healing, psychoanalysis, ritual, performance, songs as talking cure
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