Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-11-20
BLACK ART IN INDIA.
4 COUNTRY WHERE WITCHES AND
soRcgRlRs LIVE AND THRIVE.

uyv Aasisas tiisdes Nsihsrs IVY 20
Render Their Chiiarvs witch rrcsf
The Great o,saii Powers ~ ssrssrsrs
nrahml.s wis rsssi In the nissh Art.
Thsrv 10 snarcelya village In Eastern AMI
soathsrn India that d. not po---- ia witch.
b. whom terrible po~srs are sitr,buisd by
the popular mind The witrbss. thsy ay,
can sue. the blood q healthy chiisirrn. AMI
The ANXIOUS mother. directly sbs 49, thu
witch approach. oatchs- up her child and
muti.rs soms charm to ave ths dear oos frum
hang sacl.i 10 death of cour~s the hs-t
sntido,s 10 The occult lnfnencso q IL DREADED
hsgs u the gif, % . is- oofpsr cosn. o. soms
sort % alma Dot there are Other means Gun
rloyc.i % ooanisracs their mligniiy. hey
ara .oms,ims- ds,~c,ei By ALI tang plsos'i
on their heads. which Gauss them 10 turn
ruDi AMI mutisr incohsrsn, ~ iiAblss some-
Tins the trembling mother spits on the he~i
u her child. 90 gsntiy bites his iiitis haser.
IN order 90 rendsr him witch proof No
woman u the lover orders Who lives In q
village infesisi by q stitch wuuh venture b
lave her hOu-s with her child until abe hal
male her..lf AMI hsr child safs by putting
certain rn.rs on his forehead
rRkArsrSr oS rHK nr~rrcurn
Thsrp ara VARIOUS modes % treatment Tor
p.rson. supt.,.s-i 81 u under the inf1snos q
q witch Tho forVhcsd q q chii suffering
frum lilnc-. trought GA by vitchs curss 70
somstimcs markei -ih burnt turtnsric
Often the mo,hsr. muitsring -uns sIslls,
sprinkls. water over her chIi AMI ruh- biz
forshssd over -ith burnt wicls Of sarihsn
lamp. fei With mustard oil somr,imas
trAnches u particular tr~s arr vav~i over
tho TA;leut, who 1. mads a chew The isav-
% plum trces but shoah the-s simple rene
de. fail, a. they oftsn DO. ~ pruiaos any
eject on the t.sitcb~i child. rhAt wOah
hspE-n then o. the poor mrsrvri Thsru 10
NJ neil o. 10 In despair In thi. matter. Toe,
a. The dock gross sids by side with the
ne,ils, e. In India thsrs lives clos BY ths
witch The sorc~rvr, The practitioner 81 The
black arr, vho Il alssys called La -bsn ths
simple rvrrssiis. fail
Like ths wttcbes, ths sorc-rvFS are tslisycd
o. po.--.s graf ooculi Towvrs; but, uniiss
the former. they Often usc their sail for
tsnshcvni parTs--s Thscommon sorosrvrs
In In.lla are . peopie q very l0w caste, 90
NJ caste Al al. tslooging mainly % tho
aboriginal racs. sho are stlil oatsiis the pale
% llindoolsGl Tbsir trvaimssi, though
often ,io,snt. doss MT In modern tins rS-at
In death, - 10 did In soms authenticated cA-ss
-hich hspT-pssi year. 40. The sorccr~r.
failing his plaos In frunt a his Tatieni, sith
novsrs Ia biz hand AMI lamp and incebie
huulng t.fors him, gives barut turmsric
sDi charmssi mustard ~-si % tie bsSitcbed
tsr-1a o. smell. AMI dAshs. ool water with
Ylolsncs upon hls faos. souhsiime. the tr.at.
insnt q tie Tatisui az tho hands q snrcsrcr
vlcAriously torturvs III witch rhu u 10
all that Ia ons Instance, upun tho sorusrvr
sJus-Elng The luioe - certain plant Into
tho eys- q q ts-itch-i child. the witch Inn
ms,iiAisly o1mplain~i u pain In The sys-,
which shs lot. AMI the child sAs cur~l
sKrHop. 90 hRAHuS soHcrhHAA
ny far Tie most formidable magic powers
arr. however. attributed 81 olA~ % brab-
m.ns, -bo Arv TAR stsllenos The professors
q The black art In lDiA- Tbs BrAhmin sor'
ocrvrs arr vcrs~i IN The practlce - ths Spells
AMI charms vhich, ~iih the accompanying
uis-, arr da-rilci In The Sanskrit books,
caIi-i tanua. The keynote % ths-s 10 struck
In . well known coupls,. vhich, done into
Engllsh. runs thus The whole World Il Ia
ihs poser q ths gosis. AMI the gods arv In
The power q mage. magic 10 In the poser %
The nrahmins, and thervfure the Br.hmin 3.
hlm-slf ths g,.i- IL must Mt - forgUttsn.
however. that la spite ~ this Oraculsr de-
lveraBce. AM the syst~uAtllatlon u tho
magical SPELLS AMI charms In SEVERAL San
skrti tr,ail~s. AMI their commsGiATis.. the
Brahmins tbsmsslv-s acquired the black ART
from The viii aboriginal rao.- q India OF
The in mods IN which the BrAhulln sDrcsrrr
eau influence bis ne ghhors. four are mAlig
nAnt, Cns u doubtful AMI ons oaly 10 tsnsf-
olAl Tbs four malignant operations are the
causing % death, the destruction of prursrty
90 ns-uiAi caTacity. The stoppags u pbysioi
or mental action AMI ths causing q fsasis 10
twr.n friend. The art % bringing sn indi-
vldnAl complstsly under ths ountrol % tho
sry.rt 1. the neutral 0psration The ouly
trAnch q white magic dis-uusei "a the power
% relieving sufferer from di.sass o. tho
hostile inau.ncs. q tie starr and Othsr
heavenly todics.
A severe AMI prOlonged prob-iion must 10
unllsrsone bsfore a man Il considered COM
Istent % cummencr the practics % the magic
art lie must 90 through . cOurSs % r-ciia.
ton % oahallstic words. consisting ~ un.n-
,slligible SAnskrit roots. AMI q rvfstition %
the name q the deity q H. conqusr~i about
q million tins SPECIAL hours ara assigned
Tor the performance. special po-turcs % the
body, special diet AMI specially appniniei
sTace. beyond which the prolationsr u not
allowed % 80 until the process % initiation
Ia finished Of cOur,t, al q this Ia. 10 10
accompanied with handsome offerings 20 the
dsltie. AMI the DrAhmlns AMI substantial
fcasts h the latter Ot the az magical arts.
the ons most frequently praciloed In India In
msiern times l. that q tbs neutral ''subiu-
gallon" Certain ingredients are pr~-cribei
for this OPERATION A small piecs q the
froatal bone q man. the fruit q the pos
onous plant dhAiura, cAmrhor and honey Are
q te taken IN prupsr proportions aud wen
mlHed together. ami the forehcai 10 % 10
painted with .hocompound bcfore the ~carcr
may bring under his infnence AMI control
the mind u any psrsoa whom DO fears CO
lows Other no-trums similar ~ thu ingre-
dents in the ~itches' caldroa In MAC
beth," incrsasing in complsxity and grew
somenesNs the higher departments u tho
black art are rcacbei. ara 10 BE- found In the
Sanskrit treatiseS -ioniou Standard.