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Spirituality & Thai Healing

Contacting spirits and poisons: Suffering and healing in northern Thailand

This study examines beliefs about becoming sick through physical contact with spirits (phii) and poisons (pit), and outlines diagnosis and treatment by direct and indirect touching of sufferers' bodies. Based on fieldwork conducted in Khon Mueang village in Mae Jaem District in Chiang Mai from 1995.
Author: Junko Iida    Source: International Conference on Thai Studies, Bangkok    9 pages