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Podcast on Curing Scorpion Sting with Mantras


2012/12/27

gāruḍam | scorpion |

Dr. Lakshminaryanan tells the story of being envenomed by a scorpion sting as a child, and the miraculous mantra cure by a village faith-healer. This is a modern-day Gāruḍika cure, and it is interesting to speculate with Dr. Laksminarayan on the possibility of mantra-mediated placebo effects.

Snap Judgment · Scorpion Sting / Snap Judgment, "Toxic"
Thanks to Rebecca Grapevine of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for sharing this with me.

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