Sorcery Remains
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A Power
“I have yet to find an answer to the problem of sorcery in New Guinea and I don t think anybody else has. It is often said that the replacement of paganism by Christianity will cause the power of magic to die, but, while this may be true, it will take a long time. There are, of course, many genuine Christians among the native people of New Guinea but the vast majority of the population —and I include even some ordained clergymen- — retain a deeply implanted belief in their own world of the super natural. Sorcery remains the su preme power influencing the lives of the people.” —J. K. McCarthy, in “Patrol Into Yesterday”.