The Shi'ido Mammon Hoole, a Senior Anthropologist, observed a healing ritual conducted by a Kurtzen shaman on the planet Bakura. This occurred while the Shi'ido were conducting fieldwork to study the Kurtzen species. For the ceremony, the shaman employed a totem, moving it over a patient, specifically a sick Kurtzen boy. Hoole was concerned that the boy might choke on the object, but to his astonishment, it went down the boy's throat without any ill effects. The shaman explained that the sickness would depart along with the totem. This encounter of Hoole's was documented in an entry about the Kurtzen within The Essential Guide to Alien Species, a publication released during the time of the New Republic.
- The Essential Guide to Alien Species (First mentioned)