Charles Beadle

Witch-Doctors (eBook, ePUB)

Unveiling the Mysteries of Spiritual Healers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In "Witch-Doctors," Charles Beadle delves into the intricate interplay between folklore, spirituality, and the psyche, providing a sophisticated examination of the role of witch doctors within various cultures. Through rich narrative and vivid descriptions, Beadle employs an anthropological lens that interweaves personal anecdotes with historical accounts, creating a tapestry that illustrates the witch doctor'Äôs significance in both healing and societal structuring. His literary style is marked by lyrical prose and insightful commentary, ensuring that readers could appreciate the complex historical context that surrounds these enigmatic figures, particularly in indigenous cultures where traditional medicine and beliefs thrive amidst modernity. Charles Beadle, a noted anthropologist and cultural historian, draws from his extensive travels and fieldwork in remote communities to inform his writing. His background and academic pursuits have granted him a unique perspective on the cultural significance of witch doctors, allowing him to unearth the nuances of belief systems that govern human existence. Beadle's encounters with various healing practices serve as a foundation for his exploration into the psychological dimensions of faith and healing, illuminating pathways to understanding humanity's deeper existential questions. "Witch-Doctors" is an essential read for anyone intrigued by the intersection of culture, psychology, and spirituality. Beadle invites readers to engage with the profound narratives of witch doctors, urging them to reconsider the boundaries of science and belief. This book not only enhances our understanding of traditional practices but also challenges us to reflect on our own perceptions of healing and authority in contemporary society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 253
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4064066106492
• Artikelnr.: 59233383

Autorenporträt

The author of eight novels and dozens of short stories, CHARLES BEADLE was a world traveler who was born at sea in 1881. When he was eighteen years old he expatriated from England and spent a dozen years exploring South Africa, Rhodesia, Zambia, Uganda, the Congo, Mozambique, Borneo, and Morocco. In his mid-twenties he organized an expedition to Fez and traveled there disguised as a dancing girl to interview the sultan of Morocco. In the 1910s he lived in Montmartre, where he befriended his neighbor Beatrice Hastings, the mistress of Modigliani and translator of Max Jacob. Modigliani later portrayed Beadle in a drawing titled Le Pelerin ("The Pilgrim"), which may have been a reference to Beadle's first banned book, A Passionate Pilgrimage. During World War I he traveled to the United States, where he published his stories in Adventure and in the International, a cultural journal edited by Aleister Crowley. He returned to the City of Light in the fall of 1919, where he lived throughout most of the 1920s, eventually moving to the French Riviera. In 1938 Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press published Beadle's last novel, Dark Refuge: an unrecognized modern masterpiece that quickly fell into obscurity. It contains thinly disguised portraits of Modigliani, Max Jacob, Beatrice Hastings, Léopold Zborowski, and various other figures who haunted the Parisian demimonde of this period. Beadle's brazen portrayal of drug fueled pansexual orgies prevented the chronicle from being distributed in the Anglo-Saxon world despite its literary merit and lyrical beauty. In 1941 Faber and Faber published Artist Quarter, a nonfiction work pseudonymously coauthored by Beadle with Douglas Goldring, which is still considered to be the urtext of Modigliani biography.