[jgrpf]

A lot of people are scammed though by Shamans and the like. And often times they do not leave that much happier but emotionally dependant and sometimes even broke. I've seen it plenty of times and think it's absolutely immoral.

[battery_cowboy]

True, but that's not as common as the vast, vast majority of people who just spend a comfortable amount of money on these things and become happier for it. We need protection against those bad actors, perhaps, but there will always be scammers in any profession. I also think those scams are small-scale in comparison to the vast "scam" that modern medicine has become, for Americans at least. Sure, the shaman can take your life savings, but he cannot additionally stick you with loans for whatever amount he wants that you cannot discharge via any means whatsoever. At least you just stand to lose everything, not lose everything and then some.