Tag: Sorcery
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Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines (Richard Q. Lieban, 1967)
Book Review of Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines The practice of witchcraft in the Philippines has long fascinated observers, with early Spanish explorers documenting its prevalence among locals who employed sorcerers to inflict illness on adversaries through magic. By the 1960s, anthropologist Carl Lieban noted that such practices were still deeply rooted…