TY - BOOK AU - Kakar, Sudhir TI - Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions SN - 9780198089421 U1 - 616.8900954 PY - 1982/// CY - New York PB - University of Chicago Press KW - mystics KW - rituals of shamans N1 - Local and folk traditions. Soul knowledge and soul force: the Pir of Patteshah Dargah ; Lord of the spirit world ; Other shamans. -- Mystical traditions. The path of the saints ; Tantra and Tantric healing ; Cooling breezes: the cult of Mataji. -- Medical traditions. Indian medicine and psychiatry: cultural and theoretical perspectives on Ayurveda ; The good doctor of Jharsetli ; Epilogue: Healing and culture ER -