Re: virus: How does one pay for this?

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Fri, 8 Aug 97 07:52:40 -0400


>I agree that he is wealthy because he is respected and he is respected
>because he is wealthy; but, he must be a good economist to benefit from this
>arrangement.

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.

Now, yes, the reason this sham continues and becomes wealthy... well, I
don't know. That is a great mystery concerning all beliefs.

And the 'medicine wheels' of the shaman are mere trappings. Their tools
are actually fear and ignorance.


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