The REALL News - November 1999

<body> <div id="main-title"><img src="/images/main-title.gif" width="329" height="81" alt=""></div> <div id="global-navbar"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about/">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter/">Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/letters/">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/calendar.html">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/links.html">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/search.html">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/email.html">E-Mail</a></li> </ul> </div>  <table border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td><font size="2"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_blank"><i><img alt="Get Acrobat Reader (712 bytes)" border="0" src="../../../images/logos/getacrobat.gif" align="right" width="88" height="31"></i></a><a href="reall-news-v07-n11.pdf" target="_top">Also available as an Acrobat PDF file</a> (8 pages, 918K file)<br> <i>You can download this issue as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. You will need the free <a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_blank">Acrobat Reader software</a>, available from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe's web site</a>, to view it.</i></font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><font size="2"><i>(<a href="index.html">Toggle Frames</a>)</i></font></p> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Volume 7<br> Number 11</b></td> <td> <h1 align="center">The REALL News</h1> <i> <p align="center">"It's a very dangerous thing to believe in nonsense."<br> -- James Randi<br> <br> </i></td> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>November 1999</b></td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" width="80%"> <tr> <th align="left">Features</th> <th align="left">Departments</th> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <ul> <li><a href="shaman-question.html">The Shaman Question: Revisited</a>, by Richard Petraitis</li> <li><a href="bennett-braun.html">Bennett Braun Case Settled</a>, by David Bloomberg</li> <li><a href="reallity-check.html">REALLity Check</a>, by David Bloomberg<br> <br> </li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <ul> <li><a href="chairman.html">From the Chairman</a> - David Bloomberg</li> <li><a href="editor.html">From the Editor</a> - Wally Hartshorn</li> <li><a href="masthead.html">Masthead</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <h2 class="articlehead">The Shaman Question: Revisited</h2> </center> <p class="byline">by Richard Petraitis</p> <p><font color="#330033"><img border="0" src="indian.gif" align="right" width="109" height="183">W</font>hile conducting research on the Taino Indians, I uncovered an intriguing record of shamanic deception, as chronicled by the Spanish conquistadors. According to the account, a Taino cacique (chief) convinced his subjects he had magical abilities because a zemi (the carved idol of a forest spirit guardian) located inside the chief’s home had the supernatural power to speak.<a href="shaman-question.html"><img alt="More" border="0" hspace="2" src="/images/anthony/hpoint_right.gif" width="33" height="14">More</a></td> <center> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <h2 class="articlehead">Bennett Braun Case Settled</h2> </center> <p class="byline">by David Bloomberg</p> <p><font color="#330033">T</font>he Illinois Department of Professional Regulation’s case against Bennett Braun for his treatment of the Burgus family has been settled prior to the scheduled November hearings.</p> <p>As discussed in previous issues, the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (IDPR) filed a complaint against psychiatrist Bennett Braun, a leader in the repressed memory movement, and two of his colleagues. One of those colleagues, Elva Poznanski, had settled her case a few months ago.<a href="bennett-braun.html"><img alt="More" border="0" hspace="2" src="/images/anthony/hpoint_right.gif" width="33" height="14">More</a></td> </tr> </table> </div>    </body>