Tag: Karen De Looze
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Immortal death: before and after
Karen De LoozeBelgium The slow revenge of unforgiving LawAnd the deep need of universal painAnd hard sacrifice and tragic consequenceOut of a Timeless barrier she must break,Penetrate with her thinking depths the Void’s monstrous hush,Look into the lonely eyes of immortal Death.— From Shri Aurobindo’s “Savitri” “What do you mean by ‘immortal death’?” a friend…
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Sunbathing the mind: faith healing in India
Karen De LoozeBelgium Understanding mental health care in an Indian context involves a long and adventurous exploration of faith healing. In India, people who suffer from mental illness frequently employ faith healing as an alternative to psychiatric treatment (Raguram et al. 2002). Faith healing often takes place in the temple of a Hindu deity and…