Story of Bali, Indonesia

The balian then touches the patient in a variety of ways, generally while the client's family members are in attendance, and he may inform the client of the nature of the problem, i.e., natural or supernatural in cause and of the diagnosis, such as 'Bali illness'. 'Me authors have observed clients experience excruciating pain when this balian touches their arm or knee at the Points where the evil spirit or black magic is located. The balian repeatedly touches these areas and breathes strongly on his hand or arm while holding the client's extremity, which is his way of exercising the power of the possessed god, to remove the black magic which was the cause of the client's chronic symptoms and thereby effect a cure.

All Balinese believe- in the black of illness causation. Follow-up interview with a, Balinese physician client confirmed that he was relieved of the chronic headaches for which he sought treatment. Another colleague, a young American woman, presented herself for treatment of an abdominal mass. However, he diagnosed a 'weakness' caused by evil spirits and proceeded to treat her for that She later revealed that she had a severe recurrent problem of weakness and malaise brought on by ingesting sugar in any form. It began when she was in Indonesia 10 years ago and could not be diagnosed by Western medical examinations. Much to her astonishment and gratification, the problem disappeared after the balian treatment and did not recurin subsequent months.

The smoke treatment, used for physical and mental disorders, consists of the client sitting for about 30 minutes in a closed small tent made of woven palm leaf mats with a smouldering sandalwood fire at his feet (Leimena and This is a method to rid the body of black magic or evil spirits.

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