THE DISCHANT – AN ARCHAIC FORM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
Keywords:
dischant, exorcism, music therapy, logotherapyAbstract
The present work is a study on romanian „dischant” (descântec) from the psychotherapeutical effect’s perspective that this magic practice has. In addition study’s declared goal is to revalue the dischant being known that it is one of the folkloric species that are inevitably subject of degradation and dissappearance.As a result we bring together information about this romanian practice but also about two complementary to modern psychotherapy therapies, music therapy and logotherapy. In fact our approach is straightened just towards showing the similitudes between this archaic form of psychotherapy and unspecific therapies used by modern psychotherapy.
In our opinion the dischant’s ritual is one of the archaic forms of stress’s attenuation and it is probabil that it would have applicability in our days as relaxing and stress attenuation method in urban medium because through the listening of the dischant (even without its specific ritual) it is achieved a temporary break from daily reality and a projection of the listener in a space guverned by symbol and myth that permits living states in another form and wich satisfies at the same time the need for magic within us.
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