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Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch - A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World (Paperback)
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Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch - A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World (Paperback)
Series: Pennsylvania German History and Culture
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Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as Brauche or Braucherei, the
folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the
power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet
some people believed-and still believe today-that this power to
heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over
powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial,
in which one powwower killed another who, he believed, had placed a
hex on him. Based on seven years of fieldwork and extensive
interviews, David Kriebel's study reveals the vibrant world,
history, and culture of powwowing in southeastern and central
Pennsylvania. He describes, compares, and contrasts powwowing
practices of the past and the present; discusses in detail the
belief in powwowing as healing; and assesses the future of
Braucherei. Biographical sketches of seven living powwowers shed
additional light on this little-understood topic. A groundbreaking
inquiry into Pennsylvania German culture and history, Powwowing
Among the Pennsylvania Dutch opens a window onto an archaic,
semi-mystical tradition still very much in practice today.
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