Note 38 — PREFACE. (continued 4)

During a priest’s possession of the spirit power, the malady in a person, and the cause of it would be known. The spirit “sitting” on the priest would then say: “You are sick because of your vow.” If the complaint was not caused by a vow, then the priest would say: “You are sick because some one is jealous of you.” If these causes failed to substantiate the priest’s declaration, then he would remark: “Your maunu38 has been taken away,” and so forth. Various and many were the spirits which sat speaking through the mystic priest.