Thai women and voodoo.....

[Chittychangchang]

Greetings members.

I've heard a few rumours and stories over the years about Thai's using voodoo or maybe it's hypnotism on farangs.

What are your experiences and stories?

CCC

[rgs2001uk]

When I observe some of these "mia farang", yes I can believe in it.

[Indrid Cold]

I have suspected this a long time.

[edwinchester]

Friend of my wife told her that she used magic to help win over her husband. One thing she says she did was put her own mentrual blood on the pillow he slept on.

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[Chittychangchang]

A friend of mine visited a local "good luck holyman" voodoo/fortune teller and lost his sense of smell.

He had previously complained about the smell of his wifes mudfish.

Coincidence?

CCC

[Beetlejuice]

A few weeks ago a man turned up at my gate on an old bicycle carrying bags full of potions and lotions he was trying to sell.

He told my wife that he has medicines which will cure cancer and aids. I said to the wife, if this guy has discovered cures for cancer and aids, than why isn`t he up there with the top world medical specialists and scientists?

No, I was not convinced and said to him; on ya bike and go away please.

I do not believe in voodoo or magic, but I do believe there is such a thing as natural justice and those who cheat or are generally nasty and mean to others will eventually come unstuck one way or another.

[Dancealot]

It isn't Voodoo, CCC. Abuse of one-sided love within a consenting partnership would be more appropriate.

[Chittychangchang]

It isn't Voodoo, CCC. Abuse of one-sided love within a consenting partnership would be more appropriate.

That sounds like border line manipulation, not superstition and a certain belief.

CCC

[Dancealot]

It isn't Voodoo, CCC. Abuse of one-sided love within a consenting partnership would be more appropriate.

That sounds like border line manipulation, not superstition and a certain belief.

CCC

Try telling that to your average African Voodoo priest, mate.

[sustento]

I thought that we westerners were supposed to be bringing 'rational thinking' to our disadvantaged brethren?

Edited September 6, 2013 by sustento

[Dancealot]

I am trying to say fear is being used by Voodoo(beliefs) to induce superstition.

[Chittychangchang]

It isn't Voodoo, CCC. Abuse of one-sided love within a consenting partnership would be more appropriate.

That sounds like border line manipulation, not superstition and a certain belief.

CCC

Try telling that to your average African Voodoo priest, mate.

I wouldn't want someone sticking pins in a voodoo doll of me thanks, believer or not.

Although i'm sure they have been stuck in dolls of Yoko Ono.

I'll edge on the side of caution.

CCC

[Chittychangchang]

I thought that we westerners were supposed to be bringing 'rational thinking' to our disadvantaged brethren?

You can lead a horse to water...

KTF

CCC

[sustento]

I thought that we westerners were supposed to be bringing 'rational thinking' to our disadvantaged brethren?

You can lead a horse to water...

KTF

CCC

You can also stop patronising those whose culture you don't understand and whose language you don't speak...

[Dancealot]

I'm open for suggestions.

How about this: Some farang allow themselves to be hypnotised at a certain point in life. It's all good. But not for the long term.

[NeverSure]

Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll go have a beer.

[Chittychangchang]

I thought that we westerners were supposed to be bringing 'rational thinking' to our disadvantaged brethren?

You can lead a horse to water...

KTF

CCC

You can also stop patronising those whose culture you don't understand and whose language you don't speak...

Some peoples beliefs are so embedded through experience and here say passed down the generations, rational to some irrational to others.

CCC

[Chittychangchang]

I'm open for suggestions.

How about this: Some farang allow themselves to be hypnotised at a certain point in life. It's all good. But not for the long term.

Hypnotic susceptibility measures how easily a person can be hypnotized. Several types of scales are used; however, the most common are the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotic_susceptibility

It happens..

CCC

[snake24]

Mind you thai black magic is considered one of the most powerful in south east asia perhaps behind indonesia and cambodia. There are practioners of white and black magic and they are called arjans or teachers.

The religious tattoo for example the sak yant is one of the most popular methods of protection and so is the wearing of various amulets. One very popular amulet is the amulet of khun paen. Khun paen is one of the thai characters of folk lore and he is said to have cut open his own wife's belly and taken out his dead unborn child and roasted it and cast a spell unto it turning it into a kumantong aka a child spirit. Khun paen is famous for being sexually attractive towards the opposite sex and i believe he had 2 wives and his name in thai means philanderer. Hence if you wear a khun paen amulet it's supposed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex. You can also request to get the kumantong from these arjans these are child spirits that will protect you and they are well known amongst the people of south east asia. You just need to feed them sweets but don't feed them blood if not it will corrupt them to become evil.

One very famous arjan is arjan nu. He is the one that tattooed the sak yant unto angelina jolie and it cost i think something like a million USD. I am sure you guys must have heard of this.

[Chittychangchang]

Mind you thai black magic is considered one of the most powerful in south east asia perhaps behind indonesia and cambodia. There are practioners of white and black magic and they are called arjans or teachers.

The religious tattoo for example the sak yant is one of the most popular methods of protection and so is the wearing of various amulets. One very popular amulet is the amulet of khun paen. Khun paen is one of the thai characters of folk lore and he is said to have cut open his own wife's belly and taken out his dead unborn child and roasted it and cast a spell unto it turning it into a kumantong aka a child spirit. Khun paen is famous for being sexually attractive towards the opposite sex and i believe he had 2 wives and his name in thai means philanderer. Hence if you wear a khun paen amulet it's supposed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex. You can also request to get the kumantong from these arjans these are child spirits that will protect you and they are well known amongst the people of south east asia. You just need to feed them sweets but don't feed them blood if not it will corrupt them to become evil.

One very famous arjan is arjan nu. He is the one that tattooed the sak yant unto angelina jolie and it cost i think something like a million USD. I am sure you guys must have heard of this.

http://www.justtravelous.com/en/2012/12/sak-yant-tattoo-wat-bang-phra-thailand/

CCC

[Dancealot]

I'm open for suggestions.

How about this: Some farang allow themselves to be hypnotised at a certain point in life. It's all good. But not for the long term.

Hypnotic susceptibility measures how easily a person can be hypnotized. Several types of scales are used; however, the most common are the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales.

Meaning you prefer the rational explanation of this phenomenon.

Are you sure?

[Ajaan]

Oh, please. Some humans are so incredibly gullible. Some of the posters in this thread sound like they actually lend credence to this hooey. I'm betting there's a correlation with failure to have completed at least a bachelor's degree's worth of study...am I right? Am I right?

Thais are clearly not the only one who swear by silly, irrational superstitions. Just a few days ago, one of my (farang) Facebook friends (sadly...someone who HAS completed her bachelor's degree) posted something to the effect of: "I have a horrible flu, my head feels like it's going to explode, my sinuses are all blocked up...so of course I'm taking multiple doses of Vitamin C, Echinacea, etc..." And several of her farang friends chirped in with how she was doing the right thing, "yeah girl, keep taking those multivitamins, etc..." Really? You people have found, after all scientific research has not, the way to KILL A VIRUS?! And the answer is...vitamins?! So you see, not only the Thais are irrational and stupid and superstitious...we "modern" farangs can hold our own as well....sigh.

[Chittychangchang]

I'm open for suggestions.

How about this: Some farang allow themselves to be hypnotised at a certain point in life. It's all good. But not for the long term.

Hypnotic susceptibility measures how easily a person can be hypnotized. Several types of scales are used; however, the most common are the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales.

Meaning you prefer the rational explanation of this phenomenon.

Are you sure?

Nobody can be certain of anything in this life other than death and taxes.

When my wife told me we must take 9 pigs heads to the temple i agreed without question.

CCC

Edited September 7, 2013 by Chittychangchang

[Dancealot]

Oh, please. Some humans are so incredibly gullible. Some of the posters in this thread sound like they actually lend credence to this hooey. I'm betting there's a correlation with failure to have completed at least a bachelor's degree's worth of study...am I right? Am I right?

Thais are clearly not the only one who swear by silly, irrational superstitions. Just a few days ago, one of my (farang) Facebook friends (sadly...someone who HAS completed her bachelor's degree) posted something to the effect of: "I have a horrible flu, my head feels like it's going to explode, my sinuses are all blocked up...so of course I'm taking multiple doses of Vitamin C, Echinacea, etc..." And several of her farang friends chirped in with how she was doing the right thing, "yeah girl, keep taking those multivitamins, etc..." Really? You people have found, after all scientific research has not, the way to KILL A VIRUS?! And the answer is...vitamins?! So you see, not only the Thais are irrational and stupid and superstitious...we "modern" farangs can hold our own as well....sigh.

That's another way of putting it....

[Dancealot]

When my wife told me we must take 9 pigs heads to the temple i agreed without question.

CCC

Did you carry them?

[Chittychangchang]

When my wife told me we must take 9 pigs heads to the temple i agreed without question.

CCC

Did you carry them?

I double bagged them in 7/11 bags, twas a task not akim to ritually flogging oneself with a Birch branch. The sway of the branch helped diminish the hoard of flies attacking our offering.

Afterwards i was truly enlightened and roamed the land for a year preaching the path to enlightenment living of hand outs, then returning to accolade and acceptance.

CCC

[snake24]

Mind you thai black magic is considered one of the most powerful in south east asia perhaps behind indonesia and cambodia. There are practioners of white and black magic and they are called arjans or teachers.

The religious tattoo for example the sak yant is one of the most popular methods of protection and so is the wearing of various amulets. One very popular amulet is the amulet of khun paen. Khun paen is one of the thai characters of folk lore and he is said to have cut open his own wife's belly and taken out his dead unborn child and roasted it and cast a spell unto it turning it into a kumantong aka a child spirit. Khun paen is famous for being sexually attractive towards the opposite sex and i believe he had 2 wives and his name in thai means philanderer. Hence if you wear a khun paen amulet it's supposed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex. You can also request to get the kumantong from these arjans these are child spirits that will protect you and they are well known amongst the people of south east asia. You just need to feed them sweets but don't feed them blood if not it will corrupt them to become evil.

One very famous arjan is arjan nu. He is the one that tattooed the sak yant unto angelina jolie and it cost i think something like a million USD. I am sure you guys must have heard of this.

http://www.justtravelous.com/en/2012/12/sak-yant-tattoo-wat-bang-phra-thailand/

CCC

I went to that link and i saw these western ppl getting these tattoes as something like a joke like something for fun when these tattoes have religious meanings in them. It's just silly to simply tattoo something with religious significance unto you when you don't even believe in it. Oh well.

I am sure angelina got the tattoo cos she wanted to connect closer with her adopted son maddox something like getting involved with his culture even though he is cambodian.

[Dancealot]

I double bagged them in 7/11 bags

Nice.. Bagging 9 pig heads and bring them to the temple. That sounds profound, CCC.

[snake24]

When my wife told me we must take 9 pigs heads to the temple i agreed without question.

CCC

Did you carry them?

I double bagged them in 7/11 bags, twas a task not akim to ritually flogging oneself with a Birch branch. The sway of the branch helped diminish the hoard of flies attacking our offering.

Afterwards i was truly enlightened and roamed the land for a year preaching the path to enlightenment living of hand outs, then returning to accolade and acceptance.

CCC

why not you adopt some kumantongs too?

You can also attend the kin jay festival and pierce your cheeks and it's a chinese festival.

[Chittychangchang]

I double bagged them in 7/11 bags

Nice.. Bagging 9 pig heads and bring them to the temple. That sounds profound, CCC.

I've got a ten year old picture somewhere, I'll post when i find it.

CCC