Start your review of shamans mystics and doctors a psychological inquiry into india and its healing traditions write a review sep 29 2011 nandakishore varma rated it really liked it. Shamans mystics and doctors a psychological inquiry into india and its healing traditions sudhir kakar university of chicago press 1991 body mind spirit 306 pages 1 review. Sudhir kakar is a psychoanalyst and the author of many books including the analyst and the mystic psychoanalytic reflections on religion and mysticism intimate relations exploring indian sexuality and shamans mystics and doctors a psychological inquiry into india and its healing traditions. Shamans mystics and doctors a psychological inquiry into india and its healing traditions item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help . Sudhir kakar a psychoanalyst and scholar brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of india embodied in the rituals of shamans the teachings of gurus and the precepts of the school of medicine known as ayurvedawith extraordinary sympathy open mindedness and insight sudhir kakar has drawn from both his eastern and western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native