Kraken not! No more evil giant squid tentacles in the living room! This happy changeup occurred after I put two mirrors and two crosses around my bathroom window on the exterior wall of my house.
I have also put one such mirror at my front door, and I am thinking that a small plaque of Christ Pantocrator might be appropriate there as well …
“Dark Squid Tentacles in the Living Room”
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
This is a followup on “Whatsoever a Man Sows, So Shall He Reap.” You remember that one, and how I put up the mirrors and the crosses on the exterior wall of the house?
Image: “Whatever a Man Sows, That Shall He Reap,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 May 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Well, I have to tell you, it’s a whole different matter now when I return home.
It used to be that when I came home from running errands, it seemed like there were, on the psychic plane, on the clairvoyant plane … there seemed to be dark tentacles like a giant dark squid with black ink reaching out at me from that side of the house and all the way through the house to the living room.
It was a super spookout and it required a lot of clearing, right? And since I put up those two mirrors and those two crosses, none of that is happening anymore. The whole house is clear. It’s so weird.
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, Light, and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
“Dark Squid Tentacles in the Living Room”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 4 May 2026 and produced on 24 May 2026
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Here is a Christian Prayer on Behalf of Children. It had to do with some misqualified energy I overheard in the noosphere the night of 15 May 2026.
What I heard were other folks’ thoughts about murdering a man who lived in a house so as to rip off his bank account after his death.
According to the astral airs, the murder-heist had been carefully set up the week before through cybercrime intrusion into his PC while he was at work. Small sums of money had been transferred from his bank account to an unknown other bank account. I gathered the intent was to set a precedent for transfer of all his money to the murderer’s bank account just after his death.
That kind of conniving would have been bad enough, in and of itself, but the fillip was the capture of a young child the morning prior, with a plan to sacrifice the child the following night so as … in the way so psycho ratiocination of the person who dreamt this warped dream … to ensure success of the murder and the ‘lift’.
This was just too much for me, so I said this Christian prayer to soothe the astral airs. If there was any truth to the astral story, I have a hope that Christ will intercede on behalf of the child and the ‘marked’ man.
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“Christian Prayer on Behalf of Children”
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have for you this evening a Christian prayer for the upliftment and safety of children. And it goes like this …
In the name of Christ Jesus, my Lord and Savior,
I bind down to the deepest depths of Hell,
All Spirits of child abduction, child seduction, child abuse, and child injury or murder.
This I do in the name of Christ Jesus, my Lord and Savior. Amen.
. . . . .
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you.
Come and visit me at my world class website “Awakening with Planet Earth” … awakeningwithpanetearth.com …
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Here is this morning’s project to ward off curses from a home, and to send back blessings to those who bless us, and to protect our home with the Christian cross, the symbol of Christianity. It is my hope that this sort of project will help counter black magic practices such as Barang, Kulam, and Voodoo, the worship of Satan, and the ‘power over’ mind control practices of Cults that kill.
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“Whatever a Man Sows, That Shall He Reap” By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have an interesting project to show you. It’s to to ward off curses and also to allow those that bless us to to receive back a blessing.
And it’s also to preserve the home through the symbol of the cross which is a symbol of Christianity. So you can see what you think.
There it is. Two mirrors and two crosses.
Image: “Whatever a Man Sows, That Shall He Reap,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 May 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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So what do you think?
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, light and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you.
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INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This morning I did some research to try to put a name on some super weird astral stories that I have run into in recent years. I had a feeling these might have to do with Barang or Kulam.
“Barang” primarily refers to a form of Filipino malign sorcery or black magic, specifically a Cebuano term involving the use of insects or familiar spirits to afflict victims. A practitioner, known as a mambabarang, uses insects like beetles or centipedes to enter a victim’s body, causing sickness, severe pain, and sometimes death. –Google AI
Kulam is a form of Filipino folk sorcery or black magic, often translated as witchcraft or voodoo, that uses sympathetic magic to cause harm, illness, or misfortune to a target. Practiced by a mangkukulam (sorcerer), it often involves manipulating dolls, personal items (hair, nails), or potions, and is deeply rooted in Philippine folklore and pre-colonial traditions. –Google AI
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Likely Barang, morphed for impact, was the belief so graphically addressed in the movie “My Mother’s Skin” that I reviewed a while back.
The movie … In My Mother’s Skin (2023), a Filipino horror film set in the Philippines during the final months of World War II. It follows a girl, Tala, whose mother becomes infected and slowly rots after dealing with a flesh-eating fairy (the “Cicada Queen”) to protect her children. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Key Details of “In My Mother’s Skin” (2023):
Plot: Amidst WW2, an isolated family’s mother, Ligaya, falls ill, and the daughter trusts a malicious fairy, resulting in a gory, body-horror infection.
Setting: A decaying mansion in the Philippines, mirroring the decline of the mother and the country at the end of the war.
The “Cicada” Element: The fairy, played by Jasmine Curtis-Smith, is adorned with cicada wings and themes of rebirth and decay, suggesting a sinister transformation for the mother.
Director: Kenneth Dagatan. –Google AI
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After doing the research, I stopped by a local gas station for a snack. There I encountered 2 men who were Mambabarang and another man who was so conversant and at ease with telepathy that he answered my telepathic comment to him with a vocal sentence. Go figure!
Mambabarang and Telepathic adepts are two very different sorts of people. If I had to put a peg on it, in a Filipino folkloric context, I would say that the last man I encountered, the telepathic adept, had an aspect of enlightenment.
The closest thing to this kind of energy … and to my own energy … in the Filipino folkloric tradition would be “an herbal doctor, albularyo or a faith healer, a mananambal or sorhuana (female) / sorhuano (male).” –Google AI These were people who traditionally cured the curses of Mambabarang or Mangkukulam.
There is not an exact match with the energy of enlightenment, since albularyo and mananambai deal with the fourth dimensional realm of cause-and-effect; whereas enlightened people and Ascensioneers deal with the higher realms, through alignment with God’s Will. These higher realms are beyond the realm of cause and effect; they are the realm of miracles.
To get back on topic, the encounters today at the gas station got me thinking that there may be many people in the San Fernando Valley who practice Barang or Kulam. There may be many more who grew up with these ideas, and so these ideas are part of their subconscious underpinning, as it were. Thus the early childhood training, and perhaps rather often, the current day practice of many people living here in the San Fernando Valley may be casting thought forms that seem to me … because of my Christian upbringing … to be quite alien, in fact quite awful.
If this be so, then it behooves me to get a handle on what all keeps repeating, like a wild and savage modern nightmare, in the astral planes … especially on the weekends and during times of CME flurries. As you may know, such a time is now upon us, although, by luck of the draw, NASA predicts the CMEs will likely miss or just graze by Earth’s electromagnetic field.
Cutting to the chase, let’s take a look at some right wild repeating thought forms …
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Cutting down saplings loved by the victim; killing a Raven friend of the victim; killing a pet bird beloved by the victim; drugging and casting a love spell on a person beloved by the victim?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Imagining raping the wife or the children of the victim, or raping the victim; or else physically raping them? Magical differences, in this regard, between vaginal rape and anal rape? Magical differences, in this regard, between raping the victim, his wife, or his children?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Castration of the victim’s boy children?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Seducing the victim’s workmen and offering them money to kill the victim?
Follow-up: Do you want to explore the “orasciones” (prayers) specifically used to protect a household from “treachery” and “internal betrayal”? … I said: Yes.
Are there standard Christian prayers for this purpose?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Trespassing on someone else’s property; or having someone else trespass on their property, so as to leave illegal goods there, or to leave poisons there, or to vandalize the property?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Imagining breaking into or sneaking into the victim’s house?
I gather from this that black tourmaline buried under or near a doorway might be effective. Also, I like the idea of a mirror … maybe a dull mirror … hung on a wall to reflect curses back to another house. I also like to place crosses by exterior doorways of my home. –Alice B. Clagett
Follow-up: Do you want to explore the specific orasciones (prayers) used to “lock” a house against these mental and astral intrusions? I said: Yes.
Counter-spells used to protect a yard or home from Barang or Kulam invasions?
Yesterday I tried walking in a processional manner around the perimeter of my yard with my largest crucifix – about a foot long, showing the Ascended Christ – held out at arm’s length in front of my third-eye point. At ‘hot spots’ in my trek, where surveillance cameras of other people were surveilling my yard, I stopped and said: “In the name of Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior, I bid all trespassing spirits be barred from this yard forever. Amen.” I feel this is a good technique. –Alice Clagett
Would you like to know how these protections are activated or “fed” through specific prayers (orasciones) to maintain their effectiveness? I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to know the specific ritual for placing St. Benedict medals at the four corners of a property to reinforce these prayers? I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to know the Latin text of the official Exorcism Blessing that a priest uses for these medals, so you can ensure it is performed correctly? I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Do you need the English translation of these specific Latin rites to better understand the authority being invoked against the sorcery? I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to know about the specific placement of a San Benito (St. Benedict) image inside the home to complement these buried medals? I said: Yes.
With regard to Barang or Kulam, poisoning someone else’s plants … for instance, their vegetable gardens or flower gardens?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing boiling water or boiling oil on the victim’s plants, or on the victim himself?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing rats or other rodents out of one’s yard and into the victim’s yard?
With regard to Barang and Kulam, throwing one’s own feces into someone else’s yard, or else at someone else?
In the context of Barang and Kulam, throwing urine on the victim’s yard?
Do you need information on protective rituals used to cleanse a yard from such substances, or are you interested in how healers (albularyos) diagnose these specific types of “planted” curses? I said: Yes.
With regard to Barang or Kulam, is there a belief that a person can enter the body of a cat and use the cat to invade someone else’s yard and bring bad luck to the invaded person? A belief that this act constitutes the person himself or herself invading the yard? Is there a custom of sacrificing the cat after a certain length of time with intent, in so doing, to kill the invaded person?
With regard to Barang or Kulam, Having one’s cat hunt on the victim’s property?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Poisoning the victim’s dog?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Killing and eating the victim’s cat?
What I got from all this is that the alien thought forms I have been hearing over and over again, here in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, may have to do with the black magic practices of Barang and Kulam.
I had no knowledge of Barang and Kulam, and that is why these thought forms seemed so outlandish to me.
Now I have some Christian prayers to say when I hear these thought forms or when I read about or see these practices being performed.
I hope this research helps you too, Dear Readers. I know it’s a lot to read, but for those of you who, like I, have been beleaguered by these curses and threats, I expect the reading will be well worth it.
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?” The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Written on 24 April 2026; compiled and published on 27 April 2026
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DEFENDE NOS IN PROELIO
Full Latin Prayer
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen.
English Translation
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
Pronunciation Guide (Ecclesiastical/Church Latin)
Sancte Michael Archangele:Sahn-ktee Mee-kah-el Ark-ahn-jeh-leh
defende nos in proelio:deh-fen-deh nohs een preh-lee-oh
contra nequitiam:kohn-trah neh-kwee-tsee-ahm
et insidias diaboli:eht een-see-dee-ahs dee-ah-boh-lee
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Image: “Babaylan Festival in Bago City,” by Hptina24, 11 November 2015, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babaylan_Festival_in_Bago_City.jpg … CC BY-SA 4.0 International … DESCRIPTION: “A Hiligaynon woman depicting a babaylan (Visayan shaman) during a festival. According to Spanish records, the majority of precolonial shamans were women, while the minority were bakla, effeminate men. Both were highly respected, on par with the datu or local ruler.”
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CONTENTS
This post has Christian prayers to defend us against these Black Magic thought forms and actions by other people: Poisoning someone else’s plants … for instance, their vegetable gardens or flower gardens – Throwing boiling water or boiling oil on the victim’s plants, or on the victim himself – Throwing rats or other rodents out of one’s yard and into the victim’s yard – Throwing one’s own feces into someone else’s yard, or else at someone else – Throwing urine on the victim’s yard.
BARANG OR KULAM: BLACK MAGIC CURSES ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PLANTS AND LAND
With regard to Barang or Kulam, poisoning someone else’s plants … for instance, their vegetable gardens or flower gardens?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing boiling water or boiling oil on the victim’s plants, or on the victim himself?
With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing rats or other rodents out of one’s yard and into the victim’s yard?
With regard to Barang and Kulam: Throwing one’s own feces into someone else’s yard, or else at someone else?
In the context of Barang and Kulam, throwing urine on the victim’s yard?
Do you need information on protective rituals used to cleanse a yard from such substances, or are you interested in how healers (albularyos) diagnose these specific types of “planted” curses? I said: Yes.
STANDARD CHRISTIAN PRAYERS AGAINST BARANG OR KULAM: BLACK MAGIC CURSES ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PLANTS AND LAND
BARANG OR KULAM: BLACK MAGIC CURSES ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PLANTS AND LAND
I asked: With regard to Barang or Kulam, poisoning someone else’s plants … for instance, their vegetable gardens or flower gardens?
Google AI said: In Philippine folklore, the act of “poisoning” a garden can take two distinct forms: literal poisoning using toxic substances (often under the method known as Hilo) and spiritual poisoning using sorcery like Usik or Kulam.
Hilo: The Method of Poisoning
The term Hilo (Cebuano for “poison”) refers to a specific branch of sorcery where the practitioner uses physical toxins—often derived from rare plants, animal venom, or chemicals—to inflict harm.
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Targeting the Harvest: A sorcerer may sneak into a rival’s garden to apply these poisons directly to crops. The intent is often for the victim to ingest the poisoned produce, leading to “mysterious” illnesses that modern medicine may struggle to diagnose.
Contamination: In some rural beliefs, even if the plant itself is not eaten, the presence of these “charged” poisons in the soil is enough to “wither” the energy of the home or those who tend to the garden.
Usik: The “Sharp” or Invasive Magic
While Barang typically uses insects to invade a human body, a related method called Usik involves inducing illness using smaller agents or directed energy.
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Drying the Garden: It is a common folkloric trope that a powerful sorcerer can “curse” a garden simply by looking at it with envy or malice. This results in plants wilting overnight without any visible signs of pests or disease.
Usikan/Buyagan: Certain individuals are believed to have a “dark tongue” or innate power (Buyag) where complimenting a healthy plant (e.g., “What a beautiful flower!”) without saying “pwera buyag” causes the plant to sicken and die.
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Using Plants in Rituals (Paktol & Laga)
Plants are not just targets of sorcery; they are also key components in the rituals used to destroy a garden or person:
Ritual Materials: In methods like Paktol, specific leaves from trees like mangungkong, kanomay, and balanti are used to bind the curse.
Garden as a Medium: Sorcerers may bury ritual objects—such as bottles containing hair, needles, or cursed soil—inside a victim’s garden. The garden becomes a “grounded” site for the curse, affecting the family every time they step into the yard.
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Signs and Remedies
If a healthy garden suddenly dies, an Albularyo (folk healer) might look for signs of “planted” magic:
Diagnosis: Using Tatawas (alum or candle rituals), a healer may identify if the garden was physically poisoned or spiritually cursed.
Cleansing: The remedy often involves sprinkling blessed salt, vinegar, or holy water over the soil to neutralize the “poison”. In severe cases, the healer may perform a Sumbalik to make the “poisoner’s” own plants or health wither in return.
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I asked: With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing boiling water or boiling oil on the victim’s plants, or on the victim himself?
Google AI said: In the world of Barang and Kulam, using boiling liquids like water or oil is seen as a way to “scorch” both the physical body and the spiritual essence (bisa) of the target. These acts are often categorized under Usik (intentional harm through directed energy) or Hilo (poisoning/burning).
On the Victim’s Plants (Spiritual Blight)
Throwing boiling water or oil on a garden is a ritual act of “Pagkalos”—meant to wither the family’s prosperity.
Killing the Root: Just as the boiling liquid kills the plant, the sorcerer intends to “boil away” the victim’s source of food or income.
Symbolic Heat: In folk magic, a “cool” home is a blessed one. By introducing “boiling” energy into the yard, the sorcerer creates a state of “Init” (heat/friction), which is believed to cause constant arguments, feverish illnesses, and “hotheadedness” among the family members.
Boiling Oil specifically: Oil is often used in rituals to “bind” spirits. Boiling it and throwing it on plants is seen as a way to “fry” the protective spirits (Larao or Bantay) that might be residing in the garden.
On the Victim (Physical and Spiritual Scarring)
When directed at a person, this act is a form of “Lutuin” (to cook the victim).
The “Laga” Method: This mirrors a common sorcery technique where a sorcerer boils a victim’s personal items (hair, clothing, or footprints) in a pot. If they throw the liquid directly on the person, it is a “quickened” version of this curse. The victim is expected to suffer from “internal heat,” chronic inflammation, or skin diseases that feel like they are constantly burning.
Sealing the Pores: In Philippine folk belief, the skin is a barrier for the soul. “Cooking” the skin with oil is thought to “seal” the victim’s luck inside or prevent their kalag (soul) from breathing, leading to a slow, wasting death (Tuyot).
Magical Differences: Water vs. Oil
Boiling Water: Usually associated with sudden shock and “clearing the path.” It is used to quickly “wash away” a person’s existing protections so a stronger curse (like Barang insects) can enter the body.
Boiling Oil: Much more malevolent because oil clings. Magically, oil represents a “sticky” curse that is hard for an Albularyo to wash off. It signifies a long-term, agonizing illness and is often used in “vengeance” magic where the sorcerer wants the victim to suffer slowly.
Countermeasures and Healing
If someone is attacked this way, an Albularyo doesn’t just treat the burn; they must “cool” the spirit:
Palamig Ritual: Using “cooling” plants like Aloe Vera, Coconut Water, or Banana Stems to draw out the “sorcerous heat.”
Lana ng Niyog: Ironically, unboiled blessed coconut oil is applied to the victim to “neutralize” the malice of the “cooked” oil.
I asked: With regard to Barang or Kulam: Throwing rats or other rodents out of one’s yard and into the victim’s yard?
Google AI said: In the folklore of Barang and Kulam, throwing rats or other rodents into a victim’s yard is a highly calculated act of spiritual warfare. It is viewed not merely as a pest control problem, but as the intentional delivery of a “familiar” or a “messenger of decay” into the victim’s sacred space.
Rodents as Sentient “Familiars”
In Philippine animistic belief, rats are often referred to as “mabait” (good ones) or “kaibigan” (friend) to avoid offending their spirits.
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The Sorcerer’s Spy: A sorcerer (Mangkukulam) may send a rodent to collect information or personal belongings from the victim’s home to be used in future rituals.
The Intentional Transfer: By throwing a rat from their own yard into a neighbor’s, a person is believed to be “redirecting” the bad luck, illness, or misfortune that the rodent represents.
Planting a Hex: Throwing a dead or dying rodent into a yard is a form of pananim (planting a curse). The animal acts as a “spiritual battery” that leaks negative energy, intended to cause the residents to fall ill with “mysterious” wasting diseases.
Destructive Magic: Rats gnawing on furniture or clothing is specifically seen as a sign predictive of evil or impending death within the family.
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Spiritual Surveillance and Breach
The presence of a rodent in the yard is often interpreted as a breach in the home’s spiritual defenses.
Mapping the Defenses: Just like the “sent” cat, a rodent is used to scout the home’s invisible grid of protection.
Direct Invasion: In extreme cases, a Mambabarang is believed to command “vile creatures” to magically enter a victim’s body through any opening to destroy their internal organs.
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Counter-Actions
If a rodent is found “planted” in a yard:
Ritual Cleansing: An albularyo (folk healer) may sprinkle blessed salt or vinegar over the spot where the animal was found to “neutralize” the lingering malice.
The “Return-to-Sender”: The rodent may be ritually treated and discarded in a way that “returns” the bad luck to the person who threw it.
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I asked: With regard to Barang and Kulam, throwing one’s own feces into someone else’s yard, or else at someone else?
Google AI said: In the folklore of Barang and Kulam, using one’s own feces is a recognized method of “delivery” for a curse, rooted in the principles of sympathetic and contagious magic.
Feces as a Sorcery Medium
Bodily excrement—including feces, urine, and saliva—is considered bodily exuviae, or traces of a person that remain spiritually linked to them. In the context of Philippine sorcery:
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Contagious Magic: Practitioners believe that substances once part of a body retain a connection to the owner. By ritually “charging” their own feces and placing it in a victim’s space, the sorcerer attempts to establish a bridge between their malevolent intent and the target.
The Laga Method: In the Laga method of sorcery, practitioners may boil herbs and animal essences along with traces of the victim, such as their body excrement or footprints, to cause physical suffering or internal ailments.
Commanding Pests: Because Barang often involves the command of insects or vermin (like beetles or worms) to invade a victim’s body, feces can be used as an “attractant” or a marker to guide these spirits or familiars to a specific person or property.
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Intent Behind the Act
Throwing feces—whether into a yard or directly at a person—serves multiple purposes in these belief systems:
Invasion of Personal Sanctuary: In Kulam, the yard is seen as a person’s physical and spiritual defense. Violating it with “fouled” material is meant to breach those defenses and “plant” the curse where the victim will unknowingly step on it or be near its energy.
Humiliation and Defilement: Beyond the spiritual curse, the act is one of extreme social humiliation. In some interpretations, the “stain” of the feces on the body or property mirrors the “rotting” or “decay” the sorcerer wishes to inflict on the victim’s health or social standing.
Targeting Orifices: Folk beliefs regarding Barang suggest that malevolent entities enter the body through openings like the anus or mouth. Using excrement symbolically targets these areas, often leading to diagnoses of related conditions like severe hemorrhoids (almoranas) or internal infections that resist modern medicine.
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Remedies and Countermeasures
If such an act is discovered, a victim typically seeks an Albularyo (folk healer) to perform a cleansing:
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Ritual Neutralization: The area may be scrubbed with salt, vinegar, or holy water to “kill” the spiritual charge of the excrement.
Sumbalik (Return-to-Sender): Healers may perform rituals to redirect the “fecal curse” back to the perpetrator, believing the sorcerer will then suffer the same ailments they intended for the victim.
I asked: In the context of Barang and Kulam, throwing urine on the victim’s yard?
Google AI said: In the context of Kulam and Barang, there is a prevalent belief that bodily excretions, including urine, can be used as potent tools for sorcery. While specific rituals of “throwing urine into a yard” are less documented in mainstream literature than the use of dolls or insects, the underlying principle of sympathetic magic—where a person’s essence is used to manipulate their fate—supports such a practice.
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Bodily Fluids in Philippine Sorcery
In Philippine folk sorcery, practitioners often utilize personal items or biological samples to establish a “link” between the curse and the victim:
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Bodily Exuviae: Hair, nail clippings, and bodily fluids are commonly sought by a Mangkukulam (sorcerer) to “personalize” a curse.
Contagious Magic: This logic suggests that because urine was once part of the person, it remains connected to them. Throwing it onto their property is seen as a way to physically “deliver” or “plant” a curse within their personal sanctuary.
Invading Personal Space: Much like the belief in sending insects (Barang) into a body, the act of violating a person’s yard with a “cursed” substance like urine is intended to breach their spiritual and physical defenses.
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Related Global and Historical Practices
While not unique to the Philippines, using urine in witchcraft rituals has historical precedent in “counter-magic,” which may have influenced localized beliefs:
Witch Bottles: Historically, victims of witchcraft would fill bottles with their own urine, pins, and hair and bury them or throw them to break a curse or “send it back” to the witch.
Harmful Intent: In some cultures, throwing “fouled” or ritually prepared fluids into a neighbor’s yard is a recognized form of malevolent magic meant to bring sickness or bad luck by corrupting the land they live on.
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Sympathetic Connections
Ailment Connection: In some variations of sorcery, the ingredients of a ritual determine the effect; for example, using seawater might cause a victim’s belly to swell with the tides. Using urine is often associated with causing abdominal pains, urinary tract issues, or “unexplained” internal illnesses that resist modern medicine.
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Google AI asked: Do you need information on protective rituals used to cleanse a yard from such substances, or are you interested in how healers (albularyos) diagnose these specific types of “planted” curses?
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Google AI said: In Philippine folk medicine, when a yard or home is suspected of being “planted” with a curse—whether through urine, objects, or animal vessels—an Albularyo (folk healer) or Manghihilot is usually called to intervene.
How Albularyos Diagnose a “Planted” Curse
Healers use several traditional methods to detect if a yard or a person has been targeted:
Paggataw or Pagluop: The healer uses a ritual plate with water and a small piece of “dagta” (resin) or wax. They drop the material into the water; the shapes that form indicate whether the source of the illness is human (Kulam) or a spirit (Engkanto), and can sometimes point to the direction from which the curse came.
Pagtatawas: This is the most common diagnostic tool using alum (tawas), a candle, or an egg. The healer moves the medium over the victim’s body or around the yard. If using a candle, the patterns in the melted wax might reveal the face of the sorcerer or the image of the object (like a cat or a bottle of fluid) used in the attack.
Pulse Reading (Panghihipat): A skilled healer can supposedly detect “heavy” or “unnatural” energy in a person’s pulse that indicates the presence of hangin (bad wind) or pakid (sent spirits) from a specific location, like a cursed yard.
Protective and Cleansing Rituals
To “cleanse” a yard from substances like urine or animal spirits, several methods are employed:
Pabulas (The Counter-Spray): To neutralize cursed fluids like urine, a healer may sprinkle a mixture of blessed water, salt, and vinegar across the property. Salt is a universal deterrent for dark spirits and sorcery in Filipino belief.
Burning of Incense (Pag-uusal): Healers often burn dried Kamangyan (resin incense) or dried herbs and palm leaves (from Palm Sunday) to smoke out the “bad air” or residual energy left by an intruder or a curse.
Burying Protections (Pangontra): To prevent future invasions, objects like Buntot Pagi (stingray tail), pieces of black coral, or small bottles containing holy oil and herbs are buried at the corners of the yard.
Reciprocal Cursing (Sumpa): In some cases, if the urine or object is found, the healer might perform a ritual to “return to sender.” This involves ritually treating the substance and casting it back toward the suspected source to redirect the bad luck.
STANDARD CHRISTIAN PRAYERS AGAINST BARANG OR KULAM: BLACK MAGIC CURSES ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PLANTS AND LAND
Google AI said: Christian prayers against barang (sorcery) or kulam (witchcraft) focus on invoking the authority of Jesus Christ to break curses, protect land and crops, and render black magic powerless. Key strategies include using the blood of Jesus, commanding demonic spirits to leave, and claiming biblical protection over property and household.
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Core Prayers Against Black Magic
Renunciation and Breaking Curses:“I command all demonic spirits that have gained access to me through curses and rituals to be cut off and banished from me and my household, in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ”.
Protection of Land and Crops:“I claim the Blood of Jesus on the air and atmosphere, the water, the fire, the wind, the ground and their fruits all around us, the underground and the nether world”.
Binding Evil Forces:“I command and bind all the powers that molest me — by the power of God all-powerful, in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary — to leave me forever, and to be consigned into everlasting Hell”.
Exposing Witchcraft: “I rebuke every witch and warlock. Their curses are powerless against the Holy Spirit. Any plant of the devil has no authority here. In Jesus’ name, let their stuff fall flat”.
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Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?” The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Written on 24 April 2026; compiled and published on 27 April 2026
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DEFENDE NOS IN PROELIO
Full Latin Prayer
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen.
English Translation
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
Pronunciation Guide (Ecclesiastical/Church Latin)
Sancte Michael Archangele:Sahn-ktee Mee-kah-el Ark-ahn-jeh-leh
defende nos in proelio:deh-fen-deh nohs een preh-lee-oh
contra nequitiam:kohn-trah neh-kwee-tsee-ahm
et insidias diaboli:eht een-see-dee-ahs dee-ah-boh-lee
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