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This talk was given as part of a workshop sponsored by the Afterlife Research Centre and Paranthropology (http://www.afterliferesearch.co.uk) as part of the Wild or Domesticated Interdisciplinary conference at the University of Helsinki (https://wildordomesticated.wordpress.com), which was part of the Mind and the Other research project. The conference was also sponsored by the Finnish Anthropological Society. The idea of the Mind and Other research project and of this conference was to explore the concept of the ‘uncanny’ (Unheimlichkeit) in historical and contemporary perspectives in order to understand better the concept of ‘mind’. The thrust of the conference was to move away from neurocentric ways of viewing the mind (as synonymous with brain), to a more holistic conception as mind as something connected to but not synonymous with the neurological workings of the brain. The description of the our workshop was as follows: Discernment: Recognising the Presence of Spirits Discernment is a key skill in many traditions concerned with non-physical, non- ordinary beings, whether in the context of shamanism, spirit possession and mediumship, or spirit release therapies and ghost hunting in contemporary post- 1

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ThistalkwasgivenaspartofaworkshopsponsoredbytheAfterlifeResearchCentre

andParanthropology (http://www.afterliferesearch.co.uk)aspartoftheWildor

DomesticatedInterdisciplinaryconferenceattheUniversityofHelsinki

(https://wildordomesticated.wordpress.com),whichwaspartoftheMindandthe

Otherresearchproject.TheconferencewasalsosponsoredbytheFinnish

AnthropologicalSociety.TheideaoftheMindandOtherresearchprojectandofthis

conferencewastoexploretheconceptofthe‘uncanny’(Unheimlichkeit)inhistoricalandcontemporaryperspectivesinordertounderstandbettertheconceptof‘mind’.

Thethrustoftheconferencewastomoveawayfromneurocentric waysofviewing

themind(assynonymouswithbrain),toamoreholisticconceptionasmindas

somethingconnectedtobutnotsynonymouswiththeneurologicalworkingsofthe

brain.

Thedescriptionoftheourworkshopwasasfollows:

Discernment:RecognisingthePresenceof SpiritsDiscernmentisakeyskillinmanytraditionsconcernedwithnon-physical,non-

ordinarybeings,whetherinthecontextofshamanism,spiritpossessionand

mediumship,orspiritreleasetherapiesandghosthuntingincontemporarypost-

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industrialsocieties.Howdopractitionersknowthatspiritsarepresent?Howdo

practitionersdistinguishbetweenwhattheyperceivetobeanexternal,ontological

otherandthe‘normal’self?Whatmethodsareemployedtomakethisdistinction?

Inherentinsuchquestionsareissuesrelatingtothenatureofpersonhoodand

consciousness– whatexactlyconstitutesa‘person,’andwhatis‘consciousness’?This

workshopwillexplorethethemeofdiscernmentfromarangeofdifferentcultural

contexts,andwilldiscusstheimplicationsoftraditionsofdiscernmentforwider

questionsaboutthenatureofconsciousnessandself.

Conveners:

PhDcandidateJackHunterUniversityofBristol,DepartmentofArchaeologyand

Anthropology,UK( [email protected])

Dr. FionaBowie,King’sCollegeLondon,DepartmentofTheologyandReligious

Studies,UK( [email protected])

Speakers:

Fiona Bowie,IreneMarjo Garigliano,JackHunter,MinnaOpas,TerencePalmer,and

EmilyPierini.

Abstractsofthepaperspresentedinthisworkshopcanbedownloaded from:

https://wildordomesticated.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/papers-8.pdf

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Ifwe areclaimingthatthereisanalternativeWesterntraditionofspiritreleaseas

therapy,itislegitimatetoask,alternativetowhat?Therearetwostrandstothe

answertothatquestion.WecanseeitasalternativetonormativeWestern

traditions,whetherfrompsychologyandpsychiatry,medicineandneurologyor

philosophyandtheology.WecanalsocontrastWesternpracticestothosefromnon-

Westerncultures.Inthisworkshopweaimtocoverboththesebases,focusingin

particularinthisfirstsessiononWesternformsofSpiritreleaseandtheoretical

reflectionsonconsciousness,andinthesecondpartonnon-Westernorcross-cultural

perspectives.Thepointshereareindicativeratherthanexhaustive.

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IwanttospendafewminuteslookingmorecloselyatsomeoftheseWestern

paradigmsoftheSelf,astheyarebothpertinenttoandatoddswiththe

presuppositionsofSelfandOtherimplicitinWesternspiritreleasepractices.There

areWesternscholarswhoaremovingtowardsanon-materialistviewoftheSelfthat

posesachallengetomanyoftheolderparadigms,buttheystillstrugglewiththe

ontologicalviewofspiritsthatunderliesWesternspiritrelease.

Theso-calledanthropologyofontology,forexample,canbeseenasanextensionof

theanti-imperialiststanceoftheWritingCultureschoolofthe1980s,withitsattempt

toallowatleastaspaceforthemysteryoralternativerealitypositedbyananimistic

viewoftheworld.Therearemovesintheology,neuroscience,philosophyand

religiousstudiestoincorporaterecentunderstandingsofthebrain,socialcognition

andnicheconstructionintoaholistic,andtosomeextentmoralistic,viewofwhatit

meanstobehuman(Davies2016,Winkelman2016,Radin,Greenfield2008).Michael

Winkleman isananthropologistinterestedinshamanismandaltered-statesof

consciousnesswhohasarguedconsistentlyfornon-dualistic,iflargelymaterial,ways

ofunderstandingreligiousexperiences.

[Winkleman (2016:50)– thecross-culturalanduniversalfeaturesofmystical

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experiencesfalsifytraditionalconstructivisthypothesesandsupporta

neurophenomenological viewofmysticalexperiencesasbiologicallystructured.

Neuroepistemological approachesstressbiologybutalsorecognise theroleof

culturallearning– inshamanicormysticalexperiencesculturecanfacilitateorblock

experiencethroughculturalideologiesandpractices,whichcontributetothe

interpretationandutilisation oftheseexperiences.]

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OtherattemptstoresettheideaoftheSelfanditsrelationtoothershavecomefrom

philosophicallyinclinedanthropologists.Inanessayon‘ReflexivityandSelfhood’,the

Introductiontotheirrecentvolume,ReflectingonReflexivity:TheHumanCondition

asanOntologicalSurprise(2016),TerryEvens,DonHandelman andChristopher

Robertsproposethat‘reflexivityisafundamentalanddefiningattributeof

humannessitself’followingthephilosophicalanthropologyofMauriceMerleau-

Ponty,andhisontologyofthebetwixtandbetween(p.1).Theystresstheimportance

ofMauss’s distinctionof‘person’and’self’andDumont’sworkonthe‘individual’,

basedonDurkheim’sasymmetricaldistinctionbetweensocietyandtheindividual

(pp.13-14).Durkheimispresentedasmovingtowardsanondualistic perspective.He

heldthatthetranscendentcollectiveidealsofthesocialorderneedtolodge

themselvesinthesensesiftheyaretocaptivateindividuals.Materialrealityisthus

giventranscendentpower.Thisispartofatrajectoryortensionbetweentheabsolute

individualandtheOther.AsEvans,Handelman andRobert’sputit:’Selfhoodentails

self-consciousness,and,toreiterate,self-consciousnessinvolvesatleasttwoselves,

onetothinkwithandonetothinkabout-inwhichcase,oneisalwaysotherto

oneself,atruththatcharacterizesthecollectiveself-identityaswell’(15).

[Self– simultaneouslyinternalandexternal,thoughtandaction,individualand

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society.Twoselves– oneto‘thinkwith’andoneto‘thinkabout’.

Reflexivity – fundamentalanddefiningattributeofhumanness– humanscannothelp

butthink– itispartofourexperienceofself-hood.Itisadualprocess,aninherent

doublingofeverycognitiondirectedeitherwithinorwithout.

Ethics – Selfhooddescribesareflexiverelationshipbetweenselfandother.Totheextenttowhichhumansconductthemselves,determiningtheirownends,theyare

answerablefortheiractions.]

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Thequestionofhowweknowandunderstandothers, oursocialcognition,iscentral

toadebateontheSelf,thenatureofconsciousnessandpersonhood.SincePremack

andWoodruffintroducedtheterm‘theoryofmind’intheirpaperonintentionalityin

primatesin1978,ithasbeenwithinthisframeworkthatmuchofthediscussionof

socialcognitionhastakenplace.Forawhilethedichotomiesbetweentheoryand

experience,mindandmatter,implicitandexplicitformsofknowingdominatedwhat

seemedlikeirreconcilablepositions,butasPaulinevonBonsdorff pointedoutinher

talkonTuesday,therehaslatterlybeenarenewedunderstandingoftheembodied

natureofmentalprocesses.Ifwecanavoidthedangersofneurocentrism,the

assumptionthatthemindandbrainaresynonymousandcanaccountforallaspects

ofhumanbehaviour andcognition,wecanmakewayforhybridsystemsthatin

differentcontextsdrawonimplicitandexplicit,consciousandsub-personalwaysof

knowingsimultaneously(Zahavi 2014:100-101).PhilosopherDanZahavi (2014)inhis

recentbookSelfandOther (OUP)fruitfullyusestheconceptofempathytoexplore

theseformsofsubjectivity,movingawayfromtheclassicalsubject/objectdivideto

explorethespacein-between,theliminalbetwixt-and-betweenstatesofcreative

knowingandgrowthexpoundedbyVictorTurner.

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Usefulandinsightfulastheserecentdevelopmentsare,theydonotasyetaddressa

worldinwhichtheSelf andOthermightbecomeinextricablylinked,sometimesin

pathologicalways,andinwhichtheOthermightbeadiscarnatespiritornon-human

entityaffectingthelifeofanindividual.Thequestioninspiritreleasecirclesisoften

whoorwhatisthepersonwhopresentsfortreatment?Aretheythephysicalbeing

thetherapistseesinfrontofthem,orinteractswithatadistanceonthepsychic

plane,oristheclientincorporatingseveralformsofenergyorbeings?Weexist

simultaneouslyonseveralplanes(physical,emotional,mentalandspiritual).Oneach

oftheseourdefensesmaybebreached.Howcanthepractitionerdiscernwhether

whattheythinktheysenseorseeisnotallamatterofimaginationormisattribution?

Canneurophenomenological andneuroepistemological approachesaccountnotjust

formysticalstatesandshamanicconsciousness,butalsothepersonalitychanges,

misfortunesandsicknessattributedtoattachedspirits?Theanswerfromspirit

releasetherapists,wheretheyengagewithsuchquestions,istentativelyor

definitively‘No!’Thebodyanditsneurologicalsystemareintimatelyinterconnected

withtheworldofspiritbutspiritsarenotreducibletobiologicalprocesses.Weare

thereforeleftwiththekindofincommensurateontologiesthatthe’ontologicalturn’

inanthropologyseekstentatively,perhapsrathertimidlytodate,toaddress.

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Thereremainsanepistemologicalandhermeneuticalgapbetweenthe

methodologicalpremisesofmanyscholarsandtheexcessofdatathatcannotbe

accountedforbyasourcehypothesisofmind.DanZahavi (2014)andothershave

pointedtoFreedomasaproblematicconceptformaterialistscience.Itisanequally

problematicconceptwhenlookingatthephenomenologyofspiritrelease,albeitfor

differentreasons,asitpresumesthatsomepeoplemightconsciouslyor

unconsciouslychoose,orallow,’alien’energiestominglewithortakeovertheir

mindsandbodies.

ThefeaturesofspiritreleaseontologiesI’mabouttopresentdon’tcomefroma

singlesourcebutfrommanybooks,articles,magazinesandjournalsaimedata

popularaswellasacademicmarket.FrominterviewswithBritishspiritrelease

practitionersandclients,participationinworkshopsandeventsandasaclient(but

notpractitioner)ofspiritreleasetherapy.Despitedifferencesofemphasis,suchasin

theexpectedfrequencyofpossessioninthegeneralpopulationforexample,thereis

ahighdegreeofconsistencywithinthedata.Whilesomeofthoseinvolvedconsider

themselvesChristians,IamnotheredealingwithChristianexorcismordeliverance.

ThereisagenerallySpiritualistorientation,althoughnotallspiritreleasetherapistsor

mediumshaveanydirectknowledgeofSpiritualismasareligion.AsIhavepublished

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andspokenelsewhereonspiritpossessionandmethodologiesforstudyingit(Bowie

2013,2014,2015,2016)Iwilltrytoavoidtoomuchrepetition.

• Allmatter,likeeverythingelseintheuniverseiscomposedof(intelligent)energy.

Nothingdies,itismerelytransformed.

• Thephysicalbodyisoneofseveralbodiesthatweallpossess,whichvibrateat

differentfrequencies.

• Ourhealth,physical,emotionalandspiritual,dependsonbalancingourenergy.

• Lovingandselflessthoughtsandactionsraiseourvibrationandattractgood

energy,andvice-versa.

• Ill-health,depression,trauma,addictionsandplayingwithaOuijaboardare

amongthewayspeoplecanweakentheirenergyfieldoraurasufficientlyfor

alienenergiestoattachthemselves.

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• Attachmentscomeinmanyforms– theymaybeearthboundspiritswhoarelost

orafraidtomoveon(intothelight).

• Theymaybenegativespirits,oncehumanorneverincarnated,whowisheviland

wanttocauseharm(demons,darkforceentities).

• Theymaybeplayfuldevic orothernon-humanenergies.

• Theymaybethought-formsorcurses,originatingwiththepossessedpersonor

someoneelse– usuallyenvisagedascordsorhooksthatformalinkbetween

individuals.

Theyarenotvisitingspiritswho havemovedintothelight,suchasfriendsorfamily

whocometopayavisitinadreamortolendtheirsupportintimesoftrouble.These

deceasedlovedonesarenotphysicallyattachedorcaughtintheenergyfieldofthe

living,butarelinkedthroughaffectionandconcern.

Attachmentmightvaryfromwhatisoftendescribedasathincordthatcanbeeasily

cutbyamentalactorprayeror,attheotherextreme,fullpossessionbyoneormore

spiritswhodominateandcontrolthethoughts,emotionsandactionsofthe

individualconcerned.Whilesuchattachmentsmaybeaccidentalandrandom,they

mayalsohavebeenintentionallyorunintentionallysought.

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IattendedaweekendworkshopinLondonrecently,runbytheSpiritReleaseForum.

Ofthetwentyorsoparticipants,mainlywhiteprofessionalpeople,menandwomen,

themajorityclaimedthattheyweretheretolearnhowtoprotectthemselves,having

unexpectedlyandagainstallpreviousbeliefsandexpectations,foundthemselves

underpsychicattack.Themajoritywantedtounderstandwhathadhappenedto

them,orsomeoneclosetothem,andtodeveloptechniquestopreventithappening

again,andperhapslearnhowtohelpothersinsimilarcircumstances.Thestories

variedbutthesenseofsurpriseanddistresscausedwascommon.Insomecasesthe

announcementofthealienspiritorspiritsissuddenandveryobvious– theremaybe

psychokineticactivityinsomeone’shomewhichseemstofollowandbedirectedat

anindividualorindividuals.Somepeoplefindtheyhaveachangeoftasteor

personality,starthearingvoices,loseperiodsoftimethattheycan’taccountfor,feel

constantlydrainedofenergy,havethesenseofanalienenergylookingbackatthem

fromthemirrororintheroomwiththem.Itisthelackofanobviousalternative

naturalcauseforthesechangesthatmightgiverisetothesuspicionthatone’senergy

boundarieshavebeenbreached,andthattheSelfisnolongerthediscreteentitythat

theyhadassumedittobe.

[Asuddenorgradualchangeofpersonalityortastesandhabitswithoutobvious

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explanation,suchasdevelopinganunexplainedtasteforvodkaorinterestinhorse

racing.

Beingdrainedofenergyordepressedwithoutobviouscause.

Psychokineticactivitythatseemstocentreonaparticularperson,andfeels

aggressive.

Hearingalienvoicesandperhapsdevelopingunexpectedsuicidalurgesordisplaying

uncharacteristicviolentbehaviour.]

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WhenIlivedinCameroonwiththeBangwa,therewasatwo-foldprocessof

discerningandthendealingwithwitches,ancestorsorspirits.Thefirstisdiagnosisof

thesourceoftheproblemormisfortuneandtheseconddealingwithitappropriately.

Differentspecialistsdealwiththesedifferentstagesandthetreatmentdependson

thecause.InWesternspiritreleasethereisasimilartwo-foldprocess.Thefirsttask

ofthespiritreleasepractitioneristodiagnosethesourceoftheproblem.Thereare

manytechniquesfordoingthis,asinAfricawithitsrangeoforaclesandspecialists.It

ispossibleforsomepeopletodiagnosethemselves,perhapsthroughdousingwitha

crystalandaskingappropriatequestions.Youcanapproachamedium,orsomeone

elsecanactonyourbehalf,whowillattempttocontacttheirandyourspiritguidesto

askaboutthesourceoftheproblem.Somepsychicsandmediumscan’see’orintuit

thecause,perhapsidentifyingbynameandpersonalitythepossessingorattached

entities.Othersusehypnosistospeaktotheentitiesthroughtheclient,ora

practitionermightuseamedium,whomightormightnotincorporatepossessing

spirits,toquestionanyattachedentities.Theexactmeansandprotocolsseemtobe

almostasvariedasthepersonalitiesandskillsofthoseinvolved.Somepractitioners

workalone,manyinpairs,particularlyfordangerousordifficultcases,andotherssit

in‘rescuecircles’inwhichpeoplesendtheirlovingintentiontowardstheclientand

anytrappedorearthboundentities.

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Mostfollowasimilarprotocol:

• Askhigherpowersforprotectionforselfandclient.

• Clearasmuchsurroundingnegativeenergyaspossible.

• Askpermissionoftheclient’shigherselftoworkwithhimorher.

• Identifythesourceoftheproblemorproblems.

• Engageanypossessingorattachedentitiesindialogue(mentally)andaskforhelp

fromhigherpowerstomovethemtotheLightsothattheycancontinuetheir

spiritualdevelopment.

• Checktheclient’sauraforfurtherproblemsorresults.

• Performsomeformofcleansingtoensurethattherearenoattachedentitiesor

energiestransferredtothepractitioner.

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Somepractitionersreportsuddenandalmostmiraculoushealingsfromintractable

problems.Inothercasesitmighttakemanysessionsorthereislittleornoobvious

changeintheclient.Changesmightbesubtle,andrequiretheconsentoftheclient.It

ispossibletobedeceivedbythespirits.For mischievousormalignreasonsthespirits

mightnotbewhotheyclaim– asexploredbyJoeFisherinhisautobiographicalbook,

TheSirenCallofHungryGhosts.A harmfullifestylemightinclinetheclienttofurther

problems– asinthebiblicalparableoftheroomsweptclean,thatsimplyallowsnew

spiritstoenter.

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Matthew12:43 “Whenanimpurespiritcomesoutofaperson,itgoesthrougharid

placesseekingrestanddoesnotfindit. Thenitsays,‘IwillreturntothehouseIleft.’

Whenitarrives,itfindsthehouseunoccupied,sweptcleanandputinorder. Thenit

goesandtakeswithitsevenotherspiritsmorewickedthanitself,andtheygoinand

livethere.Andthefinalconditionofthatpersonisworsethanthefirst.Thatishowit

willbewiththiswickedgeneration.”(NewInternationalVersion).

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Thedifference betweenthesortofexorcismorcastingoutofdemonsdescribedin

manybiblicalpassages,andpractisedinmanychurchesstilltoday,andspiritrelease,

isthatinthelatterthepossessingspiritsarealsoconsideredtobeclientsinneedof

healing.Somerescuecirclesaresetupsolelytohelpdistressedsoulswhohave

becomeearthbound,orbecomelostortrappedinorneartheearthplane.Those

whohavediedviolentlyorsuddenlyareparticularlypronetogettingstuck(and

becomingghostsortroublesomepossessingspirits).Identifyingplacesorpeople

wherethesespiritsremainandsendingthemontheirway,withthehelpofspirit

guides,angelicforcesandotherpositiveenergiesfromthespiritplane,andgoodwill

andlovingthoughtsfromtheearthplane,isseenasaworkofcharity.

AirChiefMarshallHughDowding,inchargeofBomberCommandintheBattleof

BritainduringtheSecondWorldWar,wasoneofmanypeoplewho,distressedand

feelingpartlyresponsiblefor,thedeathsofsomanyyoungmeninbattle,setupand

participatedin‘rescuecircles’aimedathelpingtherecentlydeceasedmovetothe

nextplaneofexistence.

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AthemerunningthroughWesternspiritreleaseisthatitistherapy bothforthe

personafflictedbypossessingorattachedspiritsandforthespiritsthemselves.For

thosespiritswhowereoncehumanthereisnoclearseparationbetweentheliving

andthedead,andanyofuscouldpotentiallyfindourselvesinthesamesituation,in

needofcompassionandhelp.TheboundariesplacedaroundtheSelfandthespace

betweenSelfandOtherareseenasmoreporousandthelinksmorecomplexthan

mostcontemporaryWesternpsychologicalorphilosophicalaccountsallow.

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Ifspiritreleasetherapistshavetolearntodiscernthepresenceandnatureofspirits,

andlearnhowtotreatthem,asacademicresearchersweneedtolearntodiscern

theplaceofspirtsinourstudies.IstartedbylookingatwhatIconsidertobethe

shortcomingsofsomereductiveapproachesthatfailtodealwitheithertheworld

viewofinformants,ortheontologicaldeficit,bywhichImeandatathatdoesn’tfit

theresearcher’sexistingparadigms.Thechallengeremainstoadjustourparadigms

toaccommodatenew,orold,‘facts’,evenifthismightleadtotheviewthatinvisible

forcesinteractwithandarepartofourvisibleworld.

Inherwonderfulethnographyofhospitaltreatmentofatherosclerosis,thehardening

ofarteriesinthelegs,AnnemarieMol usestheconceptof‘enactment’ratherthan

’knowledge’todescribethemedicalprocess.Atherosclerosiscomesintoviewnotas

asinglediseaseorconditionseenfrommultipleperspectives,butasdifferent

conditionsdependingonwhetheroneisapatientorclinicianlookingatsymptoms,

anepidemiologistorapathologistlookingataplaqueinalaboratory.Thepatient,

doctor,andlaboratorytechnicianarenotdescribingexactlythesamething.Each

enactsthediseaseindifferentways,seeminglyunawareofthelackofcoherencein

theobjecttheydescribe.Whenitcomestotherapeuticinterventiononemightinstall

achairliftforsomeonewhocan’tclimbthestairsorundertakesurgery,forexample.

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’Ifeachtherapeuticinterventionachievessomethingdifferent,whatcountsas

improvementmaysimilarlytendtobecomelessobvious’(183).Ratherthanask

whethertheinterventioniseffectiveonemightask‘whateffectsdoesithave?’.

Whenitcomestopeople,itisnotwhattheirlegslooklikeunderamicroscopeor

surgeon’sknifethatcountsbutthewaytheirillnessaffectstheirdailylife.Byshowing

thattherearenotjustmultipleperspectivesbutamultipleobjectwithpartial,

overlappingconnections,Mol aimstodecentreanysingleperspective,particularlyin

hercasethedominanceofthelaboratory.

Whenanindividualgoestoafamilydoctor,apsychiatristandaspritrelease

practitionercomplainingthatvoicesareurgingthemtokillthemselves,weare

similarlylookingatamultiplecondition.Ratherthanaskwhichtreatmentsare

scientificallyrespectable,wecanlookattheeffectsofdifferentinterventionsin

people’slives.Thisallowsustorecogniseandvaluedifferentformsofenactmentand

tostudywhattheeffectsofeachare.Admittingthepartialnatureofknowledgeand

multiplenatureofrealityisagoodstartingpointinanytherapy.

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