The Economic Determinants of Mystical Healing: An Empirical Exploration of Danyalism in the Sociocultural Landscape of Gilgit Baltistan
iRASD Journal of Economics March 31, 2023 Farhan Ahmad Faiz, Fouzia Sadaf, Farrah Ahmed et al.
Danyalism, a spiritual healing system prevalent in the Hunza and Nagar valleys of Gilgit Baltistan, represents a syncretic fusion of the mystical and the corporeal. The Danyal, the practitioner at the center of this complex sociocultural system, is imbued with an ethereal connection to the Faerie realm, possessing an authoritative power to remedy sickness through esoteric rites. From an...