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The Healing Cult and Shrine Installation

The main element in the constitution of the healing cult and shrine is to build or carve the image of the being (animal, plant or human) that are at the origin of the healer's inspirational knowledge. They are called the 'root of the medicine' (tii da-nyir). The image is then endowed with many other objects or items coming from different life-forms. The constitution and constituent element of the healing cult are similar. There is always a family spirit figure (Father/Mother/Child) that is prepared to adopt the healer as its family member during his or her training as a healer or during his or her psychotic period and condition, as the case may be. The first constituent element of the healing cult is for the healer to build a ‘fetish’ of this family structure as it appeared to him or her in his or her psychotic state in the form of a particular animal figure (father), a particular plant material (mother) and a particular bird material (child).
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Object Figure 6 30_Fermented Healing and Power Object known as the tail for a Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 30_Fermented Healing and Power Object known as the tail for a Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 31_Fermented Healing and Power Device known as the mirror for a Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 31_Fermented Healing and Power Device known as the mirror for a Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 32_Spirit Object (Nkisi) for transcendental communication and healing.jpg
Object Figure 6 32_Spirit Object (Nkisi) for transcendental communication and healing.jpg
Object Figure 6 35_Human Figure as Healing Device and Power Object for Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 35_Human Figure as Healing Device and Power Object for Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 36_Vest as Healing Device and Power Object for Professional Healer.jpg
Object Figure 6 36_Vest as Healing Device and Power Object for Professional Healer.jpg
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