Then it sneezed. Considering what it was smelling, that was no surprise. Tell the truth, I'd gotten so used to the jof jof dung that I didn't notice it anymore.
Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
Researchers have thought that possibly these sferics could be used to track hurricanes—but so far, they have been only marginally successful.
Characteristically, the shaman is a healer, a psychopomp (someone who guides the souls of the dead to their home in the afterlife), and more generally a mediator between her or his community and the world of spirits (most often animal spirits and the spirits of the forces of nature).
