n/um seat

base of spine / stored potency

Katz describes n/um as a potent substance cultivated and activated in healing dance, often discussed in relation to the lower body. The lower-spine point is a deliberately approximate visual anchor, not a universal !Kung anatomical statement.

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Point 1 of 4 in !Num Boiling Energy

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Richard Katz, Boiling Energy: Community Healing among the Kalahari !Kung (scholarly_modern)

Richard B. Lee, The !Kung San: Men, Women, and Work in a Foraging Society (secondary)

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