> Well, he becomes wealthy as a result of his cultural importance. The main
> point I obviously failed to make was that the shaman is a _false_ thing.
> And he knows it. The con _is_ his game. And within a culture his con
> works.
Sounds like you think what might be useless in our society (the Shamans
"game") has to be useless in every other. Quite egocentric, really.
-Prof. Tim