Tagged with exorcism

Majnoon or Jinn?

Posted by Void on 04/08/2008

Today I learned that the Arabic word for mental illness has the same etymology as the Arabic word for evil spirits. This has an unfortunate effect on how the mentally ill are perceived in the Middle East. Language is an odd thing. It enables you to express your innermost thoughts and feelings. BUT it almost […]

The Kindling Effect

Posted by Void on 07/09/2005

I’m told that besides bipolars and schizophrenic visionaries, political dissidents andsubversive herbalists were also tortured and burned at the stake. Let’s add gays and Lesbians to the list. It makes sense that a single woman might make her living from herbalism. Which she may have learned from a lesbian mentor. Which was part of that […]

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