The Healing in Tsugaru and Okinawa Shamanism

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  • 津軽と沖縄のシャーマニズムにみる癒し
  • 特別講演 津軽と沖縄のシャーマニズムにみる癒し
  • トクベツ コウエン ツガル ト オキナワ ノ シャーマニズム ニ ミル イヤシシ

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Abstract

Japan's "gomiso" of Tsugaru region and the "yuta" of Okinawa deeply reflect the prototypical shaman which upon reevaluation is the humankind's oldest of healers. This report focuses attention on both the gomiso and the yuta as well as their clients. With case studies of the "gyoo" (ascetic practices, religious training) practiced under the guidance of gomiso at Mount Iwaki's Akakurasawa as a basis, the psychological meaning held by gyoo is reconsidered from the standpoints of the reformation of personality, the healing function of altered states of consciousness, and the cosmological importance of giving sense to psychosomatic disorders. The keyword in understanding Okinawan shamanism is "kamidaari" (deity curse ; possessedness or shamanistic sickness). Kamidaari which refers to a peculiar psychosomatic disorders comprised of groups of culture-bound syndromes is the means by which yuta's faith healing maintains its efficacy. Thus in order to understand the method by which patients can be more effectively treated, it is of primary necessity to bring a local region's entire health care system well into focus while taking special note of the illness/disease, healing/cureing dichotomies.

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