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The
historical film was made by Anglia Television and shown in 1985 as part
of a series called 'War in the Kingdom' about East Anglia. The films
of contemporary anti-witchcraft and healing rituals in central Nepal
among the Gurungs are taken from our private film collection.
Witch hunting in seventeenth century England - 1
Witch
hunting in seventeenth century England - 2
Western
and shamanic treatments of illness combined.
A
little girl's illness is diagnosed by a shaman as being caused
by witches
A
group of shamans do a ritual to protect a dead spiit against withces.