Bwiti, iboga, trance and healing in Gabon

The Bwiti is one out of several religions in Africa and through it, it is believed, that the members can be connected to the world of the ancestors. There is also the ritual of healing in Bwiti. In this ritual, participants are invited to take iboga. They fall into a trance and after this phase, whi...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Nyongo Ndoua, Pierre Didier (Συγγραφέας) ; Vaghar, Kaveh (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
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Έκδοση: Taylor & Francis 2018
Στο/Στη: Mental health, religion & culture
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 21, Τεύχος: 8, Σελίδες: 755-762
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Bwiti
B Θρησκεία
B Consciousness
B Health
B iboga
B Έκσταση
B Culture
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Σύνοψη:The Bwiti is one out of several religions in Africa and through it, it is believed, that the members can be connected to the world of the ancestors. There is also the ritual of healing in Bwiti. In this ritual, participants are invited to take iboga. They fall into a trance and after this phase, which in principle lasts three days; those who were sick recover the health in many cases. We try to find out in the article, if the change of the state of consciousness like trance can heal. In the end we discover that it is possible. In Bwiti, the change of the paradigm is the most important principle.
ISSN:1469-9737
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1504012