I was going through some old
records and found something from 2004. At the time, I was on a press trip
through Zimbabwe and visited a healer. She was kind enough to demonstrate her
method of diagnosis. Four of us sat in her treatment hut; the patient wasn't
present. In front of her was a small pile of snuff and four small animal bones,
which she tossed in front of her, and then she questioned the spirit of the
absent patient.
She told us that the bones
could be read like an alphabet. I'm guessing it was something similar to
palmistry. Then she took a black mamba out of a box and let it slither through
the bones, only to quickly land back in the box. As we learned, the patient was
in a relatively poor state.
The healer herself was
estimated to be in her 70s. And I must say, one rarely sees such beautiful and
smooth breasts on a European woman as this old lady's. It should be mentioned
that she was naked from the waist down. What was particularly striking was that
she had probably the snowiest teeth that many in this country could wish for.
It makes you think. Age is just a number!