dark shamanism, kanaima, Guyana, Neil L. Whitehead, anthropology, Western perceptions of shamanism, different types of shamanism in Guyana, piya shamanism, kanaima attacks, tobacco, the role of tobacco in kanaima, maba, cannibalism, ayahuasca, why ayahuasca is overhyped, shape shifting, the politics of Guyana, House of Israel, People’s Temple, Jim Jones, Jonestown, Forbes Burnham, obeah, obeah sorcery vs kanaima, how credible is Whitehead?, Human Terrain System, militarization of anthropology, the use of “magical death” in modern warfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison, life sciences, social sciences

Why do so many parapolitical/whatever podcasters have so little to say beyond “woah” like cmon bro go on a rant that pulls some of these threads together I’m begging you

Almost gets interesting in the back half when they start taking about parallels to counterinsurgency in post war era, and to developments in life sciences during interwar period (see Ekofascism series by Return of the Repressed podcast)