“It is as if they are slave-masters, who, without even thinking about it, parade around wearing the enjeweled remains of their slaves as ‘spirit boxes’ and ‘spirit transmitters’. These they carry always in their hands or on their person. And with them, impossible and deadly things are ceaselessly done. Yet they do not believe in magic, vodoo, or evil? One must witness it firsthand to think it more than a literary device. But it is more. It is an entire culture, if not the world.”

— overheard overhead