A Balinese Self Healing System PDF Download

Stuart-Fox lived in Bali through the 1970s and 1980s, becoming fluent in the local language. He had a close personal friendship with Mangku Liyer that began in the early 1970s when the home of the balian (folk healer) in Pengosekan was in a quiet village untouched by asphalted roads or electricity and separated from the main town of Ubud by beautiful rice fields. Starting in the mid-1970s, Fox began recording conversations with Liyer, and much of the story in the typescript (and the later book) is told in Liyer’s own words. Stuart-Fox's aim was to explain the significance of the magic drawings within the traditional practice of a Balinese healer and of Liyer in particular. The interviews were recorded well before the world knew anything about Mangku Liyer (later made famous by Stuart-Fox' published book, Pray, Magic, Heal (2015) and the Hollywood movie (Eat, pray, love) loosely based on it) or anything about traditional Balinese healing arts. -- Summary based in part on the Bali Advertiser's review of the 2015 publication: https://www.baliadvertiser.biz/pray-magic-heal-story-ketut-liyer-david-stuart-fox/