Witches In The Philippines

Look at this super evil lagoon.

Kind gentle and very good looking readers, ya know I heart me my beautiful Philippines. I do, I do so much. But part of what love is is callin' out your loved one when it matters. If you had a destructive and abusive friend or family member, then wouldn't you say something-I would (that is what love is). Two thingies, peeps....

One, my beautiful Philippines unashamedly laid claim to the 7 billionth human born to this erffs. Just like my peeps brag about being the most Catholic nation in S.E.Asia, I don't think that that is something to brag about. I have written about over population and doing Dog's work many many times. It is not a good thing and it certainly is not sumthin' to brag about. We/they should be ashamed. The Philippines biggest crop is rice and the government has to bring it into the country because it can't produce enuff...and there are hella peeps that do not have enuff to eat. 7 billion people that is not good. That is nothing to be proud of. WTF.

Are you a dude or a chick. Regardless, I'm scared.

Pictured above is Ceyetano Umbalsa, 76, lives in the super beautiful Central Visayas...oh and s/he is a witch. Just like all native peeps all over the world, some kind of shaman-y witchcraft stuffs proliferated in the Islands before the coming of medical science (and even before the Spanish and their Catholicism). The thingy about it in my beautiful Philippines...it's still there.

Some Filipino witches practice the healing arts and some practice the dark arts. Fo sho you one can purchase a spell that can make someone love you...or you can make dude impotent. For an island with a yearly income of $2,500 a spell can cost anywhere from $345 to $700. What do you get for that much money. The witch will put the magic stone in a glass of water and blow air bubbles into it until the water becomes clear. Needless to say, many locals swear by this practice and go for the natural and indigenous over the medical science to cure their ills.
Super super funny thang...Father Larry Catubig says...

"It's good that the witches are going to church, and we try to steer them away from magic," he said. "But when they go back into the mountains, we have no control over what they do (LA Times)."


Now I've heard everything. Happy Hell-o-weeny everyone.

* Filipino witches

Don't go in the water. Why. I dunno.

* Congrats? 700 Billion. WTF.

* Ugh,  my mouth hurts so fuckin' much right now. Double Ugh.

* Wiki Siquijor