Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine - Donald Sandner - Books - Inner Traditions Bear and Company - 9780892814343 - June 1, 1991
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Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine Original Ed. edition


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In this original and superbly researched work, a Jungian-trained psychiatristexplores ancient Navaho methods of healing--methods that use ritual andvibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with the natural forcesthat surround it. Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandnerconveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purificationand evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalasand the esoteric meaning of the pollen path.andnbsp; Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing:

Return to the origins, confrontation and manipulation of evil, death and rebirth, restoration of the universe and challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art.


304 pages, 8 colour plates and b&w photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 1, 1991
Original release date 2003
ISBN13 9780892814343
Publishers Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Pages 304
Dimensions 137 × 211 × 19 mm   ·   349 g
Language English  

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