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Coulehan, Jack Medicine Stone

	On-Line Text and Audio
Genre	Poem
Keywords	Alternative Medicine, Native-American Medicine, Nature, Prayer as Medicine, Psycho-social Medicine, Religion, Society, Suffering
Summary	The author begins by describing a "medicine dance" that he attended at an Indian reservation and the stone he keeps as a souvenir. However, back in the city, the stone's healing powers are meaningless, eclipsed by the powers of conventional medicine. Yet, the author keeps the stone as "an aspect of soul that lasts"; a reminder that healing is not confined to the physical body, but is influenced by the mind and soul as well.
Source	The Knitted Glove
Publisher	Nightshade
Edition	1991
Place Published	Troy, Maine
Alternate Source	Medicine Stone
Alternate Publisher	Fithian
Alternate Edition	2002
Place Published	Santa Barabra, Calif.
Annotated by	Chen, Irene
Date of Entry	08/01/93
Last Revised	03/10/03