@OldBastard 7 December 2021 more from that month

Dealing With Wakwaks Here in western Mindanao, Philippines, where the majority of the population is ostensibly Christian, old superstitions still abound. When malevolent spirits make their presence known, people pay attention, and take the necessary precautions to protect themselves. My wife, her sister, and several lady friends were today discussing a scary recent event. This supposedly happened two months ago, in a nearby Purok. A pregnant woman was at home with her husband one night when they heard loud scratching outside, and the unmistakeable howling of a cat. The noise kept getting louder and louder until the husband, angry and concerned for his wife, took a pot of boiling water outside and hurled it onto a large black cat. The cat howled in pain, and scampered off into the darkness. The next day everyone was on edge when one of their neighbors went early in the morning to the local clinic, to get treated for a burn on his arm. Coincidence? A worse account of wakwaks takes place in a nearby village. There is a very nice house in the rich folks section of this village which is not only unfinished, but apparently abandoned. The story behind this house, as my wife tells it, is that one day one of the workmen never woke up from his post-lunch break. While tragic, it became downright terrifying when, within the same week, two more workmen also died in their sleep while on break. All further work on the house was immediately halted, and it remains empty to this day. Folks are convinced that evil spirits reside in it; no one who knows anything about its history will dare attempt to finish its construction. I would have liked to take a picture of this house and attach it to this post, but my wife forbids it. Like most Filipinos, she is very superstitious. While I don't believe in ghosts, evil spirits, or wakwaks, I do respect that "Shaky Willy" had a point when he wrote the following: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." I'm not a fervent believer by any stretch of the imagination, but I do believe in God, and I do honor and respect the wisdom that can be found in the Bible. The Bible does not necessarily dispute the existence of ghosts, witches, and wakwaks, but it does tell us to not dwell on these unfortunate beings, but to put our faith in the goodness of God, who will keep these evil spirits from causing us harm. * Seek the light, and let its positive vibrations reflect off you into the world, and wakwaks will shy away from you, retreating back into the darkness where they belong. ----------------------------------------------------------------- * I don't really read the Bible, so if I have misrepresented something here please correct me. But my understanding is that God wants us to put our trust in him, and not worry about wakwaks and other critters of the night. Dealing with wakwaks is basically the same as dealing with any other big problem. Let go and let God.