Faith healing etc., is the result of a field investigation undertaken in the villages of Deltaic districts of West Bengal. The author has tried to understand the mental construct of the folk mind that has its own logic to observe the world of flora keenly in search of healing curative, to adhere to ismorphism, to evaluate the role of spirit-deities who both cure and inflict curse and to appreciate the expertise of faith healers whose service to the community is an asset. This book is a critical estimate of folk behaviour that utilises resourceful herbal wealth as curative cheersup the role of faith healer who determines the course of action of the community members in their hopeful tragedy of chistenee.
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