Societies with Little Coercion Have Little Mental Illness (2013)
Another point that this article does not discuss is that in many of the "less coercive" societies, schizophrenia or related diseases are not seen as a disease or problematic at all.<p>McKenna writes: "A shaman is someone who swims in the same ocean as the schizophrenic, but the shaman has thousands and thousands of years of sanctioned technique and tradition to draw upon. In a traditional society, if you exhibited “schizophrenic” tendencies, you are immediately drawn out of the pack and put under the care and tutelage of master shamans. You are told: “You are special. Your abilities are very central to the health of our society. You will cure. You will prophesy. You will guide our society in its most fundamental decisions.”" [0]<p>[0]: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12470230/Eros-and-the-Eschaton-rough-copy" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/doc/12470230/Eros-and-the-Eschaton-rou...</a><p>See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_construction_of_schizophrenia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_construction_of_schizop...</a>