> Wasn't there some correlation found between shamans and epileptics?
> Ultimately, the fugue state today could be the brain seizure tomorrow....
I believe this has been attributed to the fact that unusual and repeated
early childhood illnesses (epilepsy, for instance) are seen as "markers"
for a potential Shaman. And as such they are /selected/ out of the society
and groomed for that position at an early age.
-Prof. Tim