Hands Feel It - Healing and Spirit Presence among a Northern Alaskan People (Paperback, New)

In a treeless land far north of the Arctic Circle, the I\u00f1upiat live immensely practical lives, yet they have a profound belief in the spirit world. For them, everything-whether living being or inanimate object-has a spirit. This outlook reflects their sense of the connectedness of all life. The Hands Feel It is the account of one person's experience among the I\u00f1upiat. Anthropologist Edith Turner records occurrences of healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition in her narrative of a year in the life of an Eskimo community. Her diary captures for the reader sea ice, tundra, gravel beaches, and a determined and cheerful population. Sights, sounds, and even smells that Turner encounters provide context for a study in tune with the spiritual. Accounts that ethnographers have often termed "myth" and "legend" Turner sees from a different point of view-not as mere stories but as real events the I\u00f1upiat sincerely report to her. The value of Turner's work originates in her own connection to spirituality and in the growing receptiveness of the I\u00f1upiat to her.

General

Imprint:	Northern Illinois University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1996
First published:	July 1996
Authors:	Edith Turner
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-87580-573-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > Spiritualism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > Spiritualism
LSN:	0-87580-573-6
Barcode:	9780875805733

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