Typically, people who become sick take their problem to a professionally certified, state licensed physician or nurse. A bit lower in terms of prestige but still widely popular is the broad field of alternative medicine. Alternative medicines are often practices rooted in non-Western cultures, with acupuncture the most common. Meanwhile, spiritual doctor healing remains popular despite the low esteem in which it is held.
Spiritual healing refers to strategies that depend entirely upon the assistance of invisible agents. It is often the last hope for many desperate people who've tried everything officially sanctioned. Frequently, it is also the refuge of those who are less interested in relief from some ailment than they are in seeing a miracle happen. The illness might be simply an opportunity to see that miracle.
Spiritual help is frequently sought out for pain relief, an area not well treated by conventional medicine. It might be chosen for deeply personal problems, such as those involving sexuality. Psychological issues and everyday trials and tribulations also lead many to look for their cure in the world of spirit.
Not everyone who turns to the supernatural is looking to cure what most would recognize as a health problem. Some seek to block what they perceive as malevolent influences. If that influence is in the home of the client, it can be banished. If it has entered and taken hold of the mind of the client, an exorcism might be felt to be in order.
People seeking cures from the spiritual world need to understand that what they seek has no recognized scientific basis. Both are subject to scorn from those whose passion is to debunk dubious claims. This scorn is broadcast throughout the media, a broadcasting supported by the enormous prestige of the medical establishment, and the even more enormous resources of the pharmaceutical industry. The former is motivated by legitimate interest in health, along with a desire to defend its professional turf against the faith healers. The latter is motivated by maintaining its profits.
Unsurprisingly, the bulk of faith healers draw their clientele from those are either scientifically unaware or perhaps a bit too aware for their own good. There is a persistent minority of the public that is suspicious of what is perceived to be a calcified, corrupt medical establishment. Spiritualists make their professional name based upon based upon both word-of-mouth referrals and dazzling salesmanship.
The supernatural realm is contacted in many ways. Faith healers do their work every Sunday morning, across the land. The minister lays hands upon the part of the body stricken by affliction, and calls upon the intercession of the holy spirit. This is all performed before a cheering audience that is as at least as much the target of the minister's charisma as the afflicted one who has come before the pulpit to be healed.
Witchcraft involves deep knowledge of herbs, stones, and other commonly found objects. It was once covert, with its practitioners often facing death if exposed. Today it is open, one of the fastest growing religions in America, and commonly called upon for all manner of relief. Voodoo has a West African and Haitian basis, and with that the prestige of the exotic. It calls upon a wide variety of deities, saints, and other spiritual entities, and is a favorite source for the control of evil spirits.
Spiritual healing refers to strategies that depend entirely upon the assistance of invisible agents. It is often the last hope for many desperate people who've tried everything officially sanctioned. Frequently, it is also the refuge of those who are less interested in relief from some ailment than they are in seeing a miracle happen. The illness might be simply an opportunity to see that miracle.
Spiritual help is frequently sought out for pain relief, an area not well treated by conventional medicine. It might be chosen for deeply personal problems, such as those involving sexuality. Psychological issues and everyday trials and tribulations also lead many to look for their cure in the world of spirit.
Not everyone who turns to the supernatural is looking to cure what most would recognize as a health problem. Some seek to block what they perceive as malevolent influences. If that influence is in the home of the client, it can be banished. If it has entered and taken hold of the mind of the client, an exorcism might be felt to be in order.
People seeking cures from the spiritual world need to understand that what they seek has no recognized scientific basis. Both are subject to scorn from those whose passion is to debunk dubious claims. This scorn is broadcast throughout the media, a broadcasting supported by the enormous prestige of the medical establishment, and the even more enormous resources of the pharmaceutical industry. The former is motivated by legitimate interest in health, along with a desire to defend its professional turf against the faith healers. The latter is motivated by maintaining its profits.
Unsurprisingly, the bulk of faith healers draw their clientele from those are either scientifically unaware or perhaps a bit too aware for their own good. There is a persistent minority of the public that is suspicious of what is perceived to be a calcified, corrupt medical establishment. Spiritualists make their professional name based upon based upon both word-of-mouth referrals and dazzling salesmanship.
The supernatural realm is contacted in many ways. Faith healers do their work every Sunday morning, across the land. The minister lays hands upon the part of the body stricken by affliction, and calls upon the intercession of the holy spirit. This is all performed before a cheering audience that is as at least as much the target of the minister's charisma as the afflicted one who has come before the pulpit to be healed.
Witchcraft involves deep knowledge of herbs, stones, and other commonly found objects. It was once covert, with its practitioners often facing death if exposed. Today it is open, one of the fastest growing religions in America, and commonly called upon for all manner of relief. Voodoo has a West African and Haitian basis, and with that the prestige of the exotic. It calls upon a wide variety of deities, saints, and other spiritual entities, and is a favorite source for the control of evil spirits.
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