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Iconic images of middle ages pilgrims, such as Chaucer's making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a faraway time when trust was the only refuge of the sick and infirm and hundreds traveled great ranges to pray for curing. Why, then, in a day and time of advanced biotechnology and medication, do thousands still continue pilgrimages? Why do journeys to important spiritual shrines - such as Lourdes, Compostela, Fátima, and Medjugorje - constitute a major industry? In Magic Solutions, Robert A. Scott explores these provocative questions and finds that pilgrimage carries on to provide answers for most. Its benefits can range between a demonstrable improvement in health to complete recovery. Using research in biomedical and behavioral research, Scott examines accounts of miracle cures at middle ages, early modern, and modern-day shrines. He inquires in to the electric power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative characteristics of sacred journeying and shines new light on the jobs belief, hope, and emotion can play in curing.
