The role of a shaman is not unlike the role of a therapist. Emotion, or desire, is necessarily particular to an individual. A therapist is trained to see thoughts and behaviors as an instance of broader categories, which have been deliniated by study of many people. "Muh feels" tend to prevent the feeler from rationalizing what they're doing and seeing how their particular circumstances fit into the "whole", which for most people means their friends and family or loved ones. A 100% rational person is like an android and is cold and incapable of functioning as a complete human being, likewise a 100% emotional person is incapable of functioning as a complete human.
The shaman's role is similar to the therapist in that he relates his people to a larger whole, however, the whole in his case extends into unseen worlds. The human world is in the middle.
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