Multiple Choice
Brown notes that shamanism in the Amazon has some "violent undercurrents"to it
A) that cancel out the superficial benefits gained from the practice.
B) even though shamans do beneficially serve their communities in numerous ways.
C) that go unnoticed by native and New Age practitioners alike.
D) but that they pale in comparison to the kind of violence that would predominate if the quasi-judicial system of a belief in sorcery didn't exist.
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