Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World

by David W. Kriebel

Book Overview

Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as Brauche or Braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet some people believed--and still believe today--that this power to heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial, in which one powwower killed another who, he believed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271075759
• ISBN13: 9780271075754
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"