This person is (pick one):

1 on a perilous journey from which we can learn much when he or she returns;
2 possessed by (pick one):
   a) the gods
   b) God (that is, a prophet)
   c) some bad spirits, demons, or devils
   d) the Devil;
3 a witch;
4 bewitched (variant of 2);
5 bad, and must be isolated and punished;
6 ill, and must be isolated and treated by (pick one):
           a) purging and leeches,
           b) removing the uterus if the person has one,
           c) electric shock to the brain,
           d) cold sheets wrapped tight around the body,
           e) Thorazine or Stelazine
7 ill, and must spend the next seven years talking about it;
8 a victim of society's low tolerance for deviant behavior;
9 sane in an insane world;
10 on a perilous journey from which he or she may never return.