Article: Hypnotherapy and shamanism. (Walk in Balance).

In the old days, when people lived in small villages, each tribe or community had a person who performed a special service. Remember, this was when there were no physicians, as we now know them. There were certainly no social workers or psychologists or psychiatrists. This person, who might have been referred to as the shaman, medicine man or woman, curandera, or even "witch doctor," combined features of what are now different specialized occupations. They treated physical illness, but also mental and emotional turmoil, and spiritual crises. They, in fact, were the original holistic practitioners in that they did not differentiate between mind and body. In lieu of a rabbi, ...

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