The patient's trajectory outside the social hell with the expert's help is enabled through procedures similar to the ones described by Levi-Strauss in his analysis of the shaman's role: "means of
objectivising subjective states, of formulating inexpressible feelings, and of integrating unarticulated experiences into a system" (Levi-Strauss 1963: 172).
Mracek's age and natural talent, as well as the
objectivising Czech tradition, have prevented him from turning the masterpiece into an impassioned or, vice versa, superficial, potpourri.
It requires the publication of a scientific opinion
objectivising the state of the stock in question - in this case, mackerel - prior to any effective sanction.