1. Witchcraft in Africa- the !Kung
... what they describe as //gangwasi are in fact the projected representation of someone's inner demons. Hidden fears, harboured anxieties may be represented by images that are not immediately associative to their cause. This type of anxiety transference (where one is scared of one phenomenon but hides this fear under an associated image) is greatly expounded by Freud and other psychologists. Dr Richard Katz ... was a psychologist studying the !Kung in the late 1950's. In his book: "Boiling energy" there is a quote from a n/um k"xausi after he had laid hands on a women and pulled out her il...
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