“Again and again anthropologists witness spirit rituals, and again and again some indigenous exegete tries to explain that spirits are present… And the anthropologist proceeds to interpret them differently… We anthropologists need training to see what the Natives see”
Edith Turner - 'The Reality of Spirits: A Tabooed or Permitted Field of Study?' (1993)
Edith Turner - 'The Reality of Spirits: A Tabooed or Permitted Field of Study?' (1993)