Understanding trance states from the perspective of South African traditional healers - in relation to psychosis
- Authors: Masia, Ntombifuthi Thato
- Date: 2022-04-07
- Subjects: Trance , Psychoses , Altered states of consciousness , Healers South Africa , Healers South Africa Attitudes , Mental health services South Africa , Psychoses Alternative treatment , Psychoses Alternative treatment Moral and ethical aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Master's article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/232877 , vital:50034
- Description: Studies conducted on psychosis, sleep and trance states have indicated that the phenomenon of trance occurs quite similarly to that of psychosis. Trance states (or, altered states of consciousness) are defined as mental states in which there is an alteration in the informational or representational relationships between consciousness and the world, whereby the mechanisms of consciousness have an increased tendency to produce misrepresentations like hallucinations, delusions and memory or temporal distortions. This research study aimed to contribute to the knowledge of trance states, particularly as represented by the language and social processes of traditional healers in South Africa, and as experienced by them. This knowledge is geared towards providing insight on the experience and treatment of the similarly occurring phenomenon of psychosis in clinical settings. Through a qualitative study, this research found that strategies of exploration, building recognition and familiarity, and self-monitoring are used by traditional healers to reduce the distress caused by intrusive and disruptive symptoms of trance, as well as to maintain a stable self-identity while experiencing trance states. , Thesis (MA) -- Humanities, Psychology, 2022
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The Sound of Africa: Masai, Chaga, Kipsigis and Nandi
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Chanting , Kenya , Arusha , Mount Meru , Masai , Osongolio dance song , Chaga , Initiation dance song , Self-praise song , Trance , Fit , Love song , Cattle , Cattle-raiding , Nilo-hamitic , Bantu , Spear , Shield , Beads , Swahili , Lies , Rattle , Kipsigi , Feather ruff , Dress , Arap Kibaigong , Praise song , Lyre , Kibugandet , Chebusit , Gaiety , Meru , Osingolio londoiyo dance song , Rika , Kaiywangu , Falsetto , Recitative , Rhythmic chanting , Ufina dance song , Choral sound , Marrite
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15083 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008511 , Reel number: BC072, BC073
- Description: 4th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series B of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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