Personal Spiritual BodyGuard

Ever thinking of hiring a spiritual bodyguard?

Protectors are in most traditions of religions. Some are called Guardian Angels, some are call Protectors 护法神, Dharma Protectors 金刚护法. In Taoism they are the Heaven and Earth Marshalls 天地兵将。

Dharma Protectors function is to guard the practitioners in their cultivation path from distractions, obstacles and possible sway from their cultivation.

Whereas if you are a Taoist Cultivator, specific Deities will be assigned as your Protectors. They will be guarding the cultivators on all life threatening situations and also warn you when you sway off the path in using Tao Fa beyond its means and moral ethical lines.

Then what are Spiritual Bodyguards? It is more specific made to guard a person from calamity, spirit attack, spirit harm, accidents and also others chipping into your personal body energy (aura) through gossip and bad mouthing you at your back. There are others that are made with 'extra' functions.

It seems like there are different versions of the almost the same reference across cultures. In European witch craft it is called Poppet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet . 

Poppet usually stiched up by person and add strands of hair and other material.

While for Chinese culture we call them 替身 Ti Shen or a substitute. In Taoist process, it can also be use for a variety of reasons. As a form of body substitute to prevent spiritual attack, sometimes there are practitioners that use it to store the consciousness of others.

These are made by me personally. The materials needed are more difficult to acquire.

In Tibetan culture also there are practice in which use dough and butter to create an effigy of human form and use the dough and butter to roll on your skin, this is to appease the spirits and demons whom are after you or have caused difficulty in your life.

Image from ravencypresswood.com (These are called Lu)

In Thai/Khmer@Cambodia wicha (magic/witchcraft) it is called Hoon Pa Yon. For Thai Hoon Pa Yon, it is also use for a variety of purposes, from using as body double to prevent harm to the owner to using it as a relationship enhancement for 2 person. It is also sometime use for wealth fetching and a absolute spiritual double of the owner.

Types of Hoon Pa Yon

For Wicha mainly it is divided into 2 types. Either spirit infuse or total non spirit. If it is spirit infuse, then the maker would seek permission from a spirit to include its 魄 Po which does not have consciousness into the Hoon Pa Yon. Then the maker would chant and imbued it with magic until it has the 32 Aspects of a Living Human, it will then take on the spiritual form of its owner.

Hoon Pa Yon made with straws and strings using the traditional method.

Spirit infuse Hoon Pa Yon using a very traditional method.

Non Spirit Base Hoon Pa Yon.

While non spirit Hoon Pa Yon are similiar to elementals. The maker would use wicha to chant until it is has the 32 aspects of human quality. There is no spirit inside the effigy.

Rare Item

As in all things in the material world, as it get more and more commercialize, then it is harder and harder to find magical items that really does its function according to traditional legendary stories that have been going around. Hoon Pa Yon in the Thai tradition is not in the exception. 

Good and capable masters that can make good Hoon Pa Yon are rarer than finding dry straws on a monsoon season. Either by reputation of the maker or through spiritual sense can a person really know the Hoon Pa Yon is the real thing. It is not making cookie or tying up straws to resemble effigy, real wicha/magic needs to make it work in order for it to be effective.

Hoon Pa Yon that can be use to enhance relationship (Soul Lock)

One of my own spirit base bodyguard.

Most of the pictures shown above are my own collection, some of it have already been sold to friends that need it. An extra body double is always welcome in world of back stabbing, finger pointings, petty people and not forgetting curse and black magics .

Let's Talk Papa

About a month back, one of my Taoist disciple T messaged me. He was asking me to help audit his parent's house Feng Shui, because he hope to move his family back to stay with his parents.

Without much thought, I agree to help him out. After the audit he messaged me again asking whether is there any talisman to help on 和合 'Woh Hup' in Cantonese which means for aiding in relationship. I asked further what was the situation and he told me that his dad have not spoken to him since beginning of the year due to difference of opinion regarding some financial matters ( cannot divulge too much as it is not the core of the situation).

As he is planning to move back, mainly because of his mum, he feels it will be really uneasy and awkward with him and his dad not on speaking terms. I adviced him to go back to temple and ask for Deities approval in issuing the talisman.

The following Friday, as I walked into the temple, T was already there with some sweat flowing down his forehead and neck. He told me he already got 3 Sheng Puay (confirmation oracle) from the Deities in agreeing to issue some talisman to help in his situation.

Since he already got the approval, my job is to follow the decision of the Deities. After 1 week, I have asked T to come by temple to pick up his talisman and also bring some offerings for the Deities. I did a simple Taoist process of supplicating a formal edict towards his case and burn some talisman.

I gave him some instructions on how to handle the talismans. After about 1 week, he messaged me and told me the talisman worked miraculously. He called up his father, they had a decent conversation and on top of that his father offer to sponsor part of the renovation to accomodate him moving back into their home.

His mother was the one most surprised as she knows the character of her husband and quite out of the ordinary for him to have a 180' degree turn. After another week, T informed me that his dad invited him for dinner, he is in the process of waiting for all renovations to complete before moving back.

The confirmation of the talisman worked was when at the same week, he and his dad had another difference of opinion regarding the furniture placement. This time his dad automatically called him up few days later and provided some win-win solutions to their difference of opinion. It is not normal for his dad to do this, but somehow he is a different person.

T was very surprised with this and the speed of turn around of his father. Liu Ren's 六壬和合符relationship aiding talisman was actually one of the more famous 和合术 even compare to 茅山和合术. However it needs to be the traditional talisman for aiding relationship and also approved by deities of a particular temple or altar.

Spiritual Assistance on Legal Problem

2 weeks ago I have received a request for help from a foreign Kam Dong San Temple member. Their company was facing legal suit due to copyright infringement.

Their company has been operating for several years, unfortunate their name was copyrighted by another party last year. And now the copyright owner has taken legal action on them. 

Regular readers/followers will now start getting curious how come matters relating to legal can also be assisted via spiritual means. If life matters relating to external effects or being affected externally by person(s) or conditions, usually can be intervene spiritually. However all depends on the approval of deities.

Legal matters are more complicated compare to someone who has spiritual disturbance or spirit haunting. This is because we have to be very careful on who we are rendering help. If the person is wrong/guilty and we help them through spiritual means, it would consider interfering with the Tao or as Buddhism put it interfering with karmic consequences and that would have severe consequences on us personally. Check out previous article I have written regarding seeing black smoke in the court house. 

After finish Whatsapp messaging with him, I asked for the deities permission to help on this matter through the shell oracle. The deities approved and immediately I have to draw out 7 talismans for the next day Taoist rituals. As indicated by the deities, the ritual needed to be done immediately to avert any further actions by the other party.

7 Talisman (6 for Heavenly Marshall and 1 to suppress any ill actions)

Official Edict also have to be written and burn up

On the morning of burning the edict after the Taoist ritual, just when I was about to burn all the talisman, suddenly the skies turn dark. I manage to burn the edict and shortly after it rained quite heavily. I informed him, that it will take some time for the matter to clear as the indication is not so favourable.

I have also sent him 3 talisman to be burn at his home. Hoping to cut any delays, I had sent the talisman via DHL. After about 10 days, the talisman still did not reached him. That was very strange because it was supposed to arrive within 3 working days.

When I checked with courier company on the 10th day, the system showed that someone has already signed for it on the 3rd working day. When he checked with the courier company on he realized that his concierge at his lobby apartment is the one that signed for it, however they did not informed him.

Usually when the conditions are not favourable, sometimes the obstacles that one will encounter is unimaginable. As soon as he got the talisman, immediately I advised him on how to request before the burning.

1 day after that, he messaged me saying that the other party has agreed to pursue any monetary charges towards them and allow them to rebrand within 14 days. He was very happy and have also decided to offer thanks to the temple deities by arranging for 5 Mega Incense to be offered on the coming 15th of the 5th Lunar Month.

Why am I excited about Kam Dong San Handbook?

Taking 1.5 years to compile since we felt the need to have a handbook that compromise all our regular practice and something a new person can keep with them and refer from time to time.

Hence the Kam Dong San Handbook.

It contains photos of 

1. 22 Taoist Deities and Ksitigarbha of Kam Dong San Temple

2. Smoke/Sang Offering Guidelines.

3. Animal/Fish Liberation procedures

4. Heart Mantras for different Buddhas.

5. Essential Mantras of Great Compassionate Dharani, Heart Sutra, Amitabha Rebirth Mantra

6. Tibetan Auspicious Invitation of all Buddhas, bodhisatvas, and all supporting  8 direction deities and higher beings.

7. Taoist Protection Talismans

Printed mantras alone would be considered huge blessings. What's more so many procedures contain in the handbook to benefit sentient beings, increase a person's merit, protect yourself and surrounding space through consecrated Taoist talisman on the front and back of the handbook.

Truly a Taoist and Buddhist Gem. If one is able to use the content on a daily basis, definitely the individual would be able to gather tremendous amount of merits. 

Even if you don't know how to use, by having the handbook alone and bringing it with you whenever you travel. Will serve as a good protection of your unfamiliar temporary space due to the consecrated talisman contain in the book.

What's more, distribution is free - only condition - treat with utmost respect.