Berg Astrid
Transcult Psychiatry. 2003 Jun;40(2):194-207. doi: 10.1177/1363461503402004.
The great majority of South Africa's people consult traditional healers. The deeper meaning of much traditional healing centres on ancestor reverence. This belief system and its accompanying rituals may positively influence the mental health of the individual and the community. Among traditional Xhosa-speaking peoples, the relationship with the ancestors is given expression in life cycle rituals that have much in common with Western psychotherapeutic principles and practices. The common thread that underpins many rituals is that of making links via concrete, literal means. Examples include the participation of the community in the healing of the individual; the linking of body and mind through dancing and drumming. Dreams form an essential connection between conscious life and the unconscious. Understanding the psychological depth of these practices is important so that a respectful relationship between Western-trained professionals and traditional healers can develop. Analytical psychology, with its notion of the collective unconscious has a particular contribution to make to cross-cultural understanding. The ancestors may be understood as archetypal representations of the collective unconscious.
绝大多数南非人会咨询传统治疗师。许多传统治疗的深层意义都围绕着对祖先的崇敬。这种信仰体系及其伴随的仪式可能会对个人和社区的心理健康产生积极影响。在讲科萨语的传统人群中，与祖先的关系在生命周期仪式中得以体现，这些仪式与西方心理治疗原则和实践有许多共同之处。支撑许多仪式的共同主线是通过具体、字面的方式建立联系。例如，社区参与个人的治疗；通过舞蹈和击鼓将身心联系起来。梦境在有意识的生活和无意识之间形成了至关重要的联系。理解这些实践的心理深度很重要，这样西方训练的专业人员和传统治疗师之间才能建立起相互尊重的关系。分析心理学及其集体无意识的概念对跨文化理解有特殊贡献。祖先可以被理解为集体无意识的原型代表。
