RELS 3580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pulse Diagnosis, Homeopathy, Fokker E.Ii
31 Aug 2016
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Readings: william sax, ritual and the problem of efficacy (pg. What makes nonrational actions work : problem of religion is the rationality problem a. i. Maybe there"s more to ritual healing than we see a. ii. We know we"re cured because we see the results: ritual is a category b. i. Ex: graduation-physically you"re no different but you feel different b. ii. Ritual healing changes something qualitative about you: can we measure efficacy? c. i. A person may not necessarily be cured through ritual, but it can heal emotional or psychological pressures that change their outlook on their disease and their life. Press discussion: took place in bogota barrios a. i. Patients required to have 1 or more family member with them a. ii. Takes pulse-depending on method, pulse diagnosis can be very specific a. iii. Patients charged differently depending on financial situation and treatment (cause of illness: 2nd healer b. i. Unlike 1st healer, this one doesn"t recognize supernatural and social illness b. iii.
