Healing States · Episode 09

Trial by Fire

The medicine man uses a guinea pig for diagnosis, and finds that several of his students are suffering from black magic. The shaman explains that the worst kind of black magic is that which we do on our selves. This is the dark night of the soul, as the apprentices confront their fear, and then take part in the most ancient ritual known to humanity, a fire ceremony where they bring an offering of healing and place their hands into the fire.

Directed by Georg Lhotsky