Re: virus: shamanism (Was FW: JCS: Three and a half years of JC
Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:41:00 +0100
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>From: Wade T.Smith
>To: virus
>Subject: Re: virus: shamanism (Was FW: JCS: Three and a half years of
JC
>Date: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 12:38PM
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>>The second answer is that of course it makes no sense to study
shamanism
>>academically because it is first and foremost an experiental practice.
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>My only comment would be to highlight this passage.
>
>Interesting how 'scientifically' suddenly became 'academically'. And
also
>interesting in how it continues the mostly invalid idea that feelings
are
>somehow totally intangible to observation and instrumentation.
>
>Wasn't there some correlation found between shamans and epileptics?
>Ultimately, the fugue state today could be the brain seizure
tomorrow....
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