He drew adherents for two reasons: the prophecies he made about the outbreak of World War II and the conquest of South-East Asia by Japan, which proved to be correct; and his work as a mystical healer—his patients claimed to have been miraculously cured from all manner of serious illnesses after seeing him, when Western medicine had failed.
Dia menarik sejumlah pengikut karena dua hal: ramalan dia mengenai Perang Dunia II dan penaklukan Asia Tenggara oleh Jepang, yang terbukti benar; dan pekerjaannya sebagai dukun—pasien-pasiennya mengklaim mereka sembuh secara ajaib dari segala macam penyakit setelah melihat dirinya, sementara obat-obatan Barat gagal.