Tuesday 9 June 2009

From "shamanic solitudes" p 87

The shaman's body always projects a double shadow on the ground. A subtle tragic vein seems constantly to underlie every shamanic ritual performance. Just so. Without leaving any way of distinguishing between the faces and the masks.
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