Kurandas modern day shaman talks witchcraft, drugs and finding God

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Chris Calcino, The Cairns Post
January 12, 2017 2:00pm

A cat skull adorns his forehead and long strings of taipan vertebrae sway beneath his feather headdress.

Today is Friday the 13th, a diabolical date when the superstitious masses nervously watch the sky for lightning strikes or a falling coconut.

But, for this Kuranda father, trained wildlife keeper and park ranger, every day is enshrined in the supernatural.

He goes only by the name West – the “direction of the gods”, he explained – and he is a modern day shaman.

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