Jero Tapakan: Stories from the life of a Balinese Healer
Directed by Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch
Synopsis
Jero beings with an account of her family’s extreme poverty that culminated in her desire to leave her family and travel as a pedlar. She describes mystical experiences that led her to recognise her own ‘blessed madness’ and to return home. Jero’s account is unique but themes of poverty, mysticism, madness and humility are common elements in the autobiographical accounts of many Balinese healers.