Occultism and disease healing in lani tribe papua
Keywords:
Occultism, Theologian, Lani Tribe, Healing Process, Traditional BeliefAbstract
In general, the Papuan people, specifically the Lani people, cannot be separated from powerful tribal religious beliefs. The belief includes belief in the spirits of the dead, belief in objects that have authority and power overall life. It is continued to be taught from generation to generation to new generations in the scope of informal Education to inherit the values of belief and apply them in the practice of everyday life. As stated by Wach (2019), understanding of religion is not drawn from "revelation" from the outside world but is lifted from concrete experiences around religion from the past (history) as well as from current events. The meaning of the definition of religion, according to sociology, is "a type of social system created by its adherents who pivot on non-empirical forces that they believe in and use to achieve salvation for themselves and society at large". The life of the Lani people before the advent of the Gospel was indeed a life filled with fear, and there was no freedom because everywhere there were enemies who were ready to stand in front of them to kill their lives either directly or indirectly by using the powers of darkness.
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