Edith L. B. Turner

Edith L. B. Turner is on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. She specializes in ritual, religion, healing, and aspects of consciousness, and has done fieldwork among the Ndembu of Zambia, in Mexico, among the Iñupiat of Alaska, and in rural Ireland. Her numerous publications include "The Spirit and the Drum" (1987), "Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing" (1992), and "Among the Healers: Stories of Ritual and Spiritual Healing around the World" (2005).