The attitude that defines shamanistic investigation of the world is innocence. It is as if the world had no prior meaning, before one discovered it.
The diametric opposite view to this is one that looks at everything in terms of "sin". And sadness, any apparent failure, anything not structured and predictable, and the ascetic priest will slap a label of inner corruption onto it. That means no situation can be allowed to simply work itself out. One has to suffer and aim for "improvement' and finally "perfection", which is only attainable after death.
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