Shamanism deals with the unknown as a way of coming to terms with the known. (and, of course, this mode of dialectics changes things.)
Perhaps that is it -- in a nutshell. The importance of non-knowledge (what the mind, in its passive and complacent state refuses to know) is emphasised by this technique.
Of course there are various degrees of the unknown. There is the unconscious, but there is also the subconscious and the semi-conscious level of awareness. The unconscious, by definition, evades conscious processing. However, subconscious material may be processed and reflected upon as such.
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Yes, I think that is it in a nutshell.
Good. I think that is it, too. It's why Bataille really battles to formulate it, using the rationalist's language of Modernity that he must.
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