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My Scholarship entry - The Non-traditional/Traditional Healer

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 22 November 2014 | Views [648] | View Larger Image

Though we expressed concern at his state he dismissed us saying he was feeling better since the doctor had come by and started him on his infusion. He quickly got down to the business of making me a talisman inscribing magical spells onto a piece of lead.

I met him in the the Boeng Kak slum area of Phnom Penh. A mutual friend suggested I meet this highly respected traditional healer and get a talisman to protect me on the journey back home. When I walked into his home I was startled by the contrast between my expectations and my reality. There laying before me cachectic, ill and hooked up to a lipid IV infusion was this revered healer my friend had told me about.

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When I asked if it was possible for me to see the magical spells he held up the piece of lead and showed me his scribes.

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