2023.03.31

Dialogues with the Dead

An Indigenous spiritual tradition speaks to the fragility of theological diversity

Sora Shaman Lokami ( center ) channels a person who died three months earlier and now speaks through her with his relatives. Their offerings to him include the chicken and the clothes on her shoulder. (Photograph by Harsha Vadlamani)

Sora Shaman Lokami ( center ) channels a person who died three months earlier and now speaks through her with his relatives. Their offerings to him include the chicken and the clothes on her shoulder. (Photograph by Harsha Vadlamani)

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