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In the Room of Fr. Bulatao

The Filipino psychologist who studied the paranormal. — It is culturally normal for Filipinos to be possessed. This was the assertion of the Jesuit priest and clinical psychologist Jaime C. Bulatao in his essay, “Local Cases of Possession and their Cure”. His writings on the paranormal explored the idea of studying spiritual experiences from a psychological perspective —…

Psychology

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In the Room of Fr. Bulatao
In the Room of Fr. Bulatao

Jul 15

The Psychic and Spiritual in Philippine Culture

Where culture and spirituality intersect. — Well-documented cases of true paranormal phenomena imply that consciousness goes beyond the brain, rather than emerge from it (Beauregard et al., 2018). For example, it has been proven that mediums can indeed receive accurate information about deceased individuals (Sarraf et al., 2020). The founder of Ateneo de Manila University’s psychology…

Philippines

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The Psychic and Spiritual in Philippine Culture
The Psychic and Spiritual in Philippine Culture

Jul 13

Salawikain Psalms

Using Filipino sayings as incantations. — The Filipino folk magicians believe that if you know the right words, you could command all kinds of magic. They believe that in the beginning was the word, and these words were spells, and if we knew the spells of God, we could create our own reality. These salawikain, or…

Magic

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Salawikain Psalms
Salawikain Psalms

May 27

God the Grandfather

We are part of a divine family. — Some time ago, someone educated me on something about spirituality that, at the time, I found to be truly ridiculous. He was a well-read Filipino occultist, acquainted with local folk Christian traditions. He said that if there is a “God the Father” and a “God the Son”, then it follows…

Religion

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God the Grandfather
God the Grandfather

May 26

Nature, Spirit

How do you capture an elemental spirit? — Mainstream thought seems to be biased towards a materialist perspective. In other words, many of us are used to thinking that for something to be real, it has to be measurable. But so many things can’t be measured! Functions of consciousness, especially spiritual experiences, are hard to capture. Nevertheless, they…

Spirituality

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Nature, Spirit
Nature, Spirit

Jan 3

Knowing that you don’t know

A reflection on “The Fool” in tarot. — The mythic journey begins with the hero in a familiar place. After going on an adventure, the innocent child returns as a wiser adult. This is what is represented by the tarot card called “The Fool”. In “The Holistic Tarot”, Benebell Wen interprets the upright Fool as someone who has…

Tarot

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Knowing that you don’t know
Knowing that you don’t know

Aug 23, 2021

The Nostalgia of Katipunan Avenue

Romanticizing home. — The Katipunan Avenue I once knew was only about a kilometers long. At one end is a fast food restaurant and at the other is a commercial building. On the north-bound side of the avenue is a university and across it are restaurants, condominiums, and shops. When I was a…

Mwc Reentry

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The Nostalgia of Katipunan Avenue
The Nostalgia of Katipunan Avenue

Aug 13, 2021

The Zoo

Messy, messy animals. — We have a problem, Kalas told me. I had just arrived at the place he told me to go: it was an expensive neon bar in a palace filled with pretty young faces. They all looked like rich kids — you could look at any one of them and know…

Short Story

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The Zoo
The Zoo

Aug 12, 2021

Match My Thirst

Loneliness, mental breakdowns, and getting blacked out drunk. — When I was younger, I dreamed of a fast, dizzying lifestyle filled with beauty and fizz. Soon, I was living it. Drinking enhanced my charisma, and I made many friends. Alcohol was laughter, romance and experience. I lived, for months, in perpetual night, dancing with shadows. When the morning came…

Mwc Death

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Match My Thirst
Match My Thirst

Aug 9, 2021

The Aesthetic of a Professor

Academia as a lifestyle. — The goal of my life is to become an aesthetic. My great work will be posthumous, published when an obsessive scholar collects my literature into a book of essential writings. I want to be romanticized as a philosopher-poet. That being said, I want to be read not because of my…

Mwc Work

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The Aesthetic of a Professor
The Aesthetic of a Professor
Carl Lorenz Cervantes

Carl Lorenz Cervantes

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