The Next Taboo

What if all the conventional treatments for advanced cancer failed and there remained only one mythical cure far off in the jungles of Papua New Guinea? The cure has not been recognized or sanctioned by science but only by word of mouth and long standing legends. It is cannibalism.Most people would be revolted shocked and scandalized by the idea understandably preferring death to violating such a deep-seated taboo against eating living human flesh. But there are others who cling to life so forcibly that agreeing to cannibalism would be eagerly accepted. They are willing to travel to the ends of the earth for relief possibly remission and remotely absolute cure. Who are such people willing to break such a taboo? Simeon Benett is just such a person. He has spent most of his adult life chasing taboos usually sexual to break. And when he develops untreatable cancer he opts to seek out the tribe that practices cannibalism although he also finds the idea stimulating. For many cancer patients a long and dangerous journey for a chancy cause would be too exhausting and perilous but Simeon is excited by the prospect. Fortunately he still is in active good health with ample wealth to carry out a mission like this. The trip is long difficult and risky. Ultimately he succeeds in becoming a cannibal and at the edge of imminent death is cured of cancer. He is convinced of having a covenant with a local god KA who directs him to return to the Western world and proclaim his cannibalism and cure. This leads to unfortunate consequences furor in the media wild notoriety before he then undergoes a relapse. He returns to the tribe back to the Highlands in order to find living human flesh and get another remission. Deciding to spend the rest of his days there he chooses to become a shaman caring for the terminally ill intervening on their behalf and at last finding redemption. It takes a certain kind of person to accept cannibalism and Simeon has all the qualifications. Unofficially adopted by a domineering but devoted woman called Aunt Gina Simon knows nothing about his true parents family or name. Aunt Ginas powerful personality dominated his childhood providing a comfortable opulent home and generous support. She also provided a bed where incest became a natural part of growing up. His inclinations were so fostered by Aunt Gina that later on he gravitated to other older women couples and men. After her death he discovered much more about Aunt Gina and her double life even identifying the man likely to be his biological father.