Living Without the Dead - Loss and Redemption in a Jungle CosmosPaperback
Living Without the Dead - Loss and Redemption in a Jungle CosmosPaperback Just one generation ago, the Sora tribe in India lived in a world populated by the spirits of their dead, who spoke to them…
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Living Without the Dead - Loss and Redemption in a Jungle CosmosPaperback
Just one generation ago, the Sora tribe in India lived in a world populated by the spirits of their dead, who spoke to them through shamans in trance. Communion with ancestors is banned as sacred sites are demolished, female shamans are replaced by male priests, and debate with the dead gives way to prayer to gods. Every day, they negotiated their wellbeing in heated arguments or in quiet reflections on their feelings of love, anger, and guilt.Today, young Sora are rejecting the worldview of their ancestors and switching their allegiance to warring sects of fundamentalist Christianity or Hinduism.
For some, this shift means liberation from jungle spirits through literacy, employment, and democratic politics; others despair for fear of being forgotten after death.How can a society abandon one understanding of reality so suddenly and see the world in a totally different way?
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