Shaman Healer - Pomo Shaman (1963) Anthropology Documentary. “Sucking Doctor“
Presents, in its entirety, the second and final night of a curing ceremony held by the Kashia group of the Southwestern Pomo Indians. Shows how on the first night (May 31, 1963), while the Shaman was in a hypnotic trance, the patient’s pain was located and the germs removed from his body.
Anthropologists: David Wayne Peri, Robert Walter Wharton
Shaman: Piwóya (Essie Parrish)
Singers: Bernice Dollar, Bertha Antone, Julia Marrufo, Emmett Antone
Fire Tender: Clement Marrufo
Patient: Sidney Parrish
Listen to the new Paranormal Radio Theater show “Fish & Bones“ season 1 here: