tack, bearing in mind that this

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is virtua

lly the sole cause of serious misfortu

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ne, and such an attack always comes from outside the Cu

na community. The assertion bears the

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stamp of finality. All myst

erious misfortune is alteric. And if i

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t so happens that a Cuna appears to be the cause of another Cuna's magical illness, it is because that first Cuna, categorized as a kiatakk

alett, has had his or he

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r soul possessed by an outside spirit. Thus possessed, s

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uch a person appears as spirit in the dreams of fellow villagers, plural,

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and can even cause their

deaths-not to mention the self-destru