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Can the dead speak?
Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names — *goēs* in Greek, *baalat ob* in Hebrew, *itako* in Japanese, *babalawo* in Yoruba — but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living and the dead, takes messages in both directions, and accepts the cost of standing there for a living.
The Tongue of Shadows is a global, scholarly, dryly humorous study of necromancy as a practice — not the Hollywood version, not the pulp paperback version, but the actual traditions real people have used, for thousands of years, to negotiate the most universal human condition: the dead are gone, and we cannot stop trying to find them.
The book moves through the Shang dynasty oracle bones, where the kings carved questions to their dead grandfathers into the scapulae of oxen. Through the Witch of Endor, summoning Samuel for a Saul who already knew the answer. Through the *itako* — the blind shamanesses of Mount Osore, who train for years in the dark and who, on the festival of the dead, become temporarily replaced by the dead the families have come to hear from. Through Spiritualist sittings in Victorian England, the Ouija board, the modern medium on a televised stage, the AI grief-bot that learned your dead husband's voice from his text messages.
The book is patient with practitioners and severe with frauds. It does not require you to believe. It asks you to take seriously a practice that has survived every revolution in human thought.
The dead are listening. The dead have always been listening. The question, the book argues by chapter twelve, is not whether they hear you. The question is what you owe to a conversation you have been having alone for so long that you forgot it had a second participant.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Can the dead speak? Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names - *goes* in Greek, *baalat ob* in Hebrew, *itako* in Japanese, *babalawo* in Yoruba - but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living and the dead, takes messages in both directions, and accepts the cost of standing there for a living. The Tongue of Shadows is a global, scholarly, dryly humorous study of necromancy as a practice - not the Hollywood version, not the pulp paperback version, but the actual traditions real people have used, for thousands of years, to negotiate the most universal human condition: the dead are gone, and we cannot stop trying to find them. The book moves through the Shang dynasty oracle bones, where the kings carved questions to their dead grandfathers into the scapulae of oxen. Through the Witch of Endor, summoning Samuel for a Saul who already knew the answer. Through the *itako* - the blind shamanesses of Mount Osore, who train for years in the dark and who, on the festival of the dead, become temporarily replaced by the dead the families have come to hear from. Through Spiritualist sittings in Victorian England, the Ouija board, the modern medium on a televised stage, the AI grief-bot that learned your dead husband's voice from his text messages. The book is patient with practitioners and severe with frauds. It does not require you to believe. It asks you to take seriously a practice that has survived every revolution in human thought. The dead are listening. The dead have always been listening. The question, the book argues by chapter twelve, is not whether they hear you. The question is what you owe to a conversation you have been having alone for so long that you forgot it had a second participant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197744579
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Can the dead speak Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names - \*goes\* in Greek, \*baalat ob\* in Hebrew, \*itako\* in Japanese, \*babalawo\* in Yoruba - but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living and the dead, takes messages in both directions, and accepts the cost of standing there for a living. The Tongue of Shadows is a global, scholarly, dryly humorous study of necromancy as a practice - not the Hollywood version, not the pulp paperback version, but the actual traditions real people have used, for thousands of years, to negotiate the most universal human condition: the dead are gone, and we cannot stop trying to find them. The book moves through the Shang dynasty oracle bones, where the kings carved questions to their dead grandfathers into the scapulae of oxen. Through the Witch of Endor, summoning Samuel for a Saul who already knew the answer. Through the \*itako\* - the blind shamanesses of Mount Osore, who train for years in the dark and who, on the festival of the dead, become temporarily replaced by the dead the families have come to hear from. Through Spiritualist sittings in Victorian England, the Ouija board, the modern medium on a televised stage, the AI grief-bot that learned your dead husband's voice from his text messages. The book is patient with practitioners and severe with frauds. It does not require you to believe. It asks you to take seriously a practice that has survived every revolution in human thought. The dead are listening. The dead have always been listening. The question, the book argues by chapter twelve, is not whether they hear you. The question is what you owe to a conversation you have been having alone for so long that you forgot it had a second participant. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197744579
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Can the dead speak? Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names - *goes* in Greek, *baalat ob* in Hebrew, *itako* in Japanese, *babalawo* in Yoruba - but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living and the dead, takes messages in both directions, and accepts the cost of standing there for a living. The Tongue of Shadows is a global, scholarly, dryly humorous study of necromancy as a practice - not the Hollywood version, not the pulp paperback version, but the actual traditions real people have used, for thousands of years, to negotiate the most universal human condition: the dead are gone, and we cannot stop trying to find them. The book moves through the Shang dynasty oracle bones, where the kings carved questions to their dead grandfathers into the scapulae of oxen. Through the Witch of Endor, summoning Samuel for a Saul who already knew the answer. Through the *itako* - the blind shamanesses of Mount Osore, who train for years in the dark and who, on the festival of the dead, become temporarily replaced by the dead the families have come to hear from. Through Spiritualist sittings in Victorian England, the Ouija board, the modern medium on a televised stage, the AI grief-bot that learned your dead husband's voice from his text messages. The book is patient with practitioners and severe with frauds. It does not require you to believe. It asks you to take seriously a practice that has survived every revolution in human thought. The dead are listening. The dead have always been listening. The question, the book argues by chapter twelve, is not whether they hear you. The question is what you owe to a conversation you have been having alone for so long that you forgot it had a second participant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197744579
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