My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)

Chapter XIV: The beliefs and superstitions of the

Chapter 1436 wordsPublic domain

Sakais--Metempsychosis--The Evil Spirit-- Superstition among savages and ignorance among civilized people--The two sources of life--The wind--The Ala priest and physician--A scientific vigil--Venerable imposture!-_Tenac_ and _Cintok_-- Therapeutic torture--Contagion--A Sakai's death--The deserted village--Mourning--Births-- Fire--Intellectual darkness--The Sakais and Islamism " 183