![]() ![]() Though the debtera are part of the eotc clerical structure, the talismanic healing methods they employ are considered to be occult and officially prohibited by the church authorities (Mercier 1975 Boylston 2012). Known as the debtera, 2 the producer of the talisman is often 3 a marginal member 4 of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( eotc) clergy. 1 In order to contextualize talismanic practices, an introduction of the producer of the talisman is necessary. 4 “The most educated of clerics and may be described as ‘lay ecclesiastics.’ They occupy an (.)ġThis article presents a study of contemporary North Ethiopian Orthodox Christian talismanic practices (in and around Gonder). ![]()
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