week4 xinyu—yang

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Week4
Xinyu—Yang

The author of the article " ‘WE HAVE LEN DONG TOO 'TRANSNATIONAL ASPECTS OF SPIRIT POSSESSION” mentioned Vietnamese brought their ritual， cultural ，and religion into California. As in the text: “one Silicon Valley medium put it, “Len dong is not just for Vietnamese , people in America have Len dong too .” As spirit mediumship, the Len dong ritual also working for Americans.  In fact,  many Asian countries have similar rituals. For example, China's "sorcerer's dance-TiaoDaShen". The same is to use people as a medium to communicate with nature or the gods.  When people begin to discuss the relationship between materialism and spirituality, perhaps this supernatural power has pointed out a new direction for science. Like in the ritual process of shamanic, the patient's active physical ability can be mobilized, and the patient can achieve mental and psychological balance through meditation, which is beneficial to physical rehabilitation. It is undeniable，the physiotherapy, qigong therapy, drug therapy and psychotherapy used by the shaman have practical value. It also meets modern psychology that mobilizes the human body's potential and exerts the limits of the human body. Shaman Medical also gave new inspiration to modern medicine.