You betcha.
Just watched a documentary called "The Horse Boy." Child was severely autistic but reacted well to horses.
Parents decided to take child on a journey where they could combine horses and shamanism to "heal" the child. So they went to Mongolia, with a film crew of course.
Parents typical post-Christian elites at a Texas University.
My point is that an unbiased observer, say an alien Mr. Spock type, would notice they had what was objectively very similar "healing" rituals available 5 or 10 miles down the road at their local faith healing charismatic church.
But I bet they never even considered that possibility. Too unscientific and anti-intellectual. But Mongolian shamanism, objectively even less scientific than charismatic Christianity, is for some reason perfectly compatible with their worldview.
Parents decided to take child on a journey where they could combine horses and shamanism to "heal" the child. So they went to Mongolia, with a film crew of course.
Parents typical post-Christian elites at a Texas University.
My point is that an unbiased observer, say an alien Mr. Spock type, would notice they had what was objectively very similar "healing" rituals available 5 or 10 miles down the road at their local faith healing charismatic church.
But I bet they never even considered that possibility. Too unscientific and anti-intellectual. But Mongolian shamanism, objectively even less scientific than charismatic Christianity, is for some reason perfectly compatible with their worldview.
Yes, that's it exactly.
Considering the place of "Blacks and Hispanics" in the Leftist hierarchy-of-the-oppressed, one wonders why a Black charismatic or Hispanic Catholic church would not be equally "respectable."
My husband and I listened to the unabridged book while traveling this summer.
Wow!....I couldn't help but notice that the author ( the boy's day) has a name that is common among Jews. His ancestors must be turing in their graves. How can this shamanism be any different that worshiping idols in the groves?
My husband and I listened to the unabridged book while traveling this summer.
Wow!....I couldn't help but notice that the author ( the boy's day) has a name that is common among Jews. His ancestors must be turning in their graves. How can this shamanism be any different that worshiping idols in the groves?