Herbal Remedies
Medicine-Men Of The Apache
John Gregory Bourke · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
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A soldier turned ethnographer records what he saw. John Bourke's nineteenth century study documents the ceremonies, symbols, and healing traditions of the Apache medicine men he observed firsthand: the sacred cords, the pollen blessings, the chants and their meanings. You will discover a rare, detailed historical record of a spiritual healing tradition, presented as heritage and ethnography of its time, with the perspectives and limits of its era. For listeners drawn to the deep history of healing. Sample it and step into the record.
Inside this audiobook
12 chapters
- 1Letter of Transmittal 18911m
- 2The medicine-men, their modes of treating disease, their superstitions, paraphernalia, etc.54m
- 3Medicine-women; Remedies and modes of treatment; Hair and wigs: Mudheads; Scalp shirts; The rhombus, or bull roarer; The cross37m
- 4Necklaces of human fingers; Necklaces of human teeth; The scratch stick; The drinking reed52m
- 5Hoddentin, the pollen of the tule, the sacrificial powder of the Apache; with remarks upon sacred powders and offerings in general; The 'kunque' of the Zuni and others55m
- 6Use of the pollen by the Israelites and Egyptians; Hoddentin a prehistoric food; Hoddentin the yiauhtli of the Aztecs; 'Bkedos' of ancient writrs - its meaning; Tzoalli; General use of the powder amon1h 6m
- 7Clay-eating; Prehistoric foods used in covenants; Sacred breads and cakes; Unleavened bread; The hot cross buns of Good Friday; Galena34m
- 8The izze-kloth or medicine cord of the Apache; Analogues to be found among the Aztecs, Peruvians, and others; The magic win-knotted cords of the Lapps and others28m
- 9Rosaries and other mnemonic cords; The sacred cords of the Parsis and Brahmans29m
- 10Use of cords and knots and girdles in parturition; 'Medidas', 'measuring cords', 'wresting threads', etc.30m
- 11The medicine hat; The spirit or ghost dance headdress; Amulets and talismans, the 'tzi-daltai'21m
- 12Chalchihuitl; Phylacteries18m
