tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post2791995591843825469..comments2024-01-31T06:27:26.478+08:00Comments on Ecce Ego, Quia Vocasti Me: Mang Isko the HealerArchistrategoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495771160792293715noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-39641952679508546522008-06-20T15:25:00.000+08:002008-06-20T15:25:00.000+08:00Well, in Wahhabi Arabia, many of the local Malay p...Well, in Wahhabi Arabia, many of the local Malay practices such as kissing the hand of the monarchs, visiting the graves of the departed or even having the graves marked would be forbidden. These Calvinists of Islam even bury their Kings in unmarked graves, lest they burial sites become places of veneration.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-43276634131017930442008-06-19T13:08:00.000+08:002008-06-19T13:08:00.000+08:00It's the same in Mindanao too! Isn't belief in jin...It's the same in Mindanao too! Isn't belief in jinns and other Islamic curiosities (like the kjaata, bahamut, and falak) more common in SE Asia than in the Mid East? The Wahhabism prevalent in Saudi Arabia is just sad, IMHO.Archistrategoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495771160792293715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-70671303450266802492008-06-19T11:49:00.000+08:002008-06-19T11:49:00.000+08:00What a fascinating story!Actually, mixing supersti...What a fascinating story!<BR/><BR/>Actually, mixing superstition and religion is fairly common, even in Islamic countries. The local Muslim Malays here visit the local 'bomoh' which is the equivalent of the medicine man or faith healer. He gets called when football matches or some other outdoor event is threatened by rain, when love spells need to be cast, etc. And the rich and famous flock to him. Here, instead of crucifixes and Madonnas and Latin chanting, he chants in Arabic and writes Quranic verses as charms. <BR/><BR/>Things are the same everywhere it seems.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-5613913676939238482008-06-18T10:32:00.000+08:002008-06-18T10:32:00.000+08:00Indeed, it is surprising how superstitious the civ...Indeed, it is surprising how superstitious the civilizing Spaniards were. I thought 'duendes' were a strictly colonial affair, but I was surprised when a professor, who was of pure Castillian extraction, once noted that his father often feared going out at night because of the mischief that these little<BR/>goblins can cause.Archistrategoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495771160792293715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-4819514180739553562008-06-18T03:30:00.000+08:002008-06-18T03:30:00.000+08:00Sounds a lot like our curandero in Mexico. It is s...Sounds a lot like our curandero in Mexico. It is surprising that according to many experts, it was the Spanish themselves who brought many aspects of these arts to their colonized subjects, not the other way around. We have to remember that sixteenth century Spain was not all that different that the Philipines or Mexico prior to their conquests. <BR/><BR/>The favored way to do a "limpia" in Mexico is with an egg or crucifix. And the knowledge of herbs is a universal archetype. The women in the families often had the power to cure these ailments themselves, it was getting rid of "brujeria", demonic witchcraft, that was the work of the curandero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475889.post-49948693603022846502008-06-17T22:54:00.000+08:002008-06-17T22:54:00.000+08:00There are real concerns about albularyos. Some of ...There are real concerns about albularyos. Some of them resort to incantations and invocations of the devilish kind-- and many of them try to peddle superstiton as Divine Providence. I just thought I would mention that, before anyone gets the idea that they are completely harmless.Archistrategoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495771160792293715noreply@blogger.com