wounded healer, healer initiation

wounded healer, healer initiation Order Description Process of inititation, shamanic inititation, inititation of traditional healers. Compare and contrast different healers inititation into the role. **To see whether or not the process involves an initiatory illness** Whether or not it is required to be a healer. Some healers are Required, sometimes it happens but its optional, some healers initiation doesnt happen. ***sources on a healer that has a required initiary illness. ***sources on a healer that a inititary illness isnt required but optional. some have an initial illness before stepping into the healing role, others dont have the initial experience. ***sources on a healer whose culture does not require an inital illness in order to become a healer. Why would it help the healer if they experience an initatory illness? Is the healer crazy or actually healing? "This class addresses the nature of ritual healing across cultures. In a seminar/discussion format, we will examine the relation between medical and sacred realities in healing, and the analogy between psychotherapy and religious healing. Framed by concepts such as medical pluralism and the health care system, we will compare different types of healers and healing practices, how different problems submitted to ritual healing are identified, defined, and diagnosed, and how different types of healers may or may not collaborate in practice. We will discuss experiential aspects of therapeutic process and efficacy, with emphasis on the transformation of self and meaning, as well as the distinction between incremental and miraculous change. 40% of your grade will be based on a final 8-10 page paper consisting of a more in depth reflection on one of the themes we cover in the seminar. The paper can include rethinking the literature we have read in class but also must include 3-4 additional works that you find on your own or in the bibliographic material."