1. Witchcraft in Africa- the !Kung
... deep- rooted fear. It may be rationally obvious that there is nothing to fear from mice but that does not affect the anxiety stemming from the sub-conscious association. In this example a n/um k"xausi would "speak" with the sub-conscious thoughts and find the true nature of the anxiety. Once the cause of the anxiety is named then progress can be made in dealing with this cause. Perhaps this ... know who could be a witch. Apart from the loss of life force much negativity is attributed to witchcraft. In fact in Azande society nearly all bad experience from crop failure to abnormal birth i...
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