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This is a third video on Bali. It's a reading of Chapter 13 'The Supernatural: Spooks, Demons and Unseen Forces Spirits' from Fred B Eiseman Jnr 's book 'BALI: Sekala and Niskala; Essays on Religion, Ritual and Art'. It adds to the fascination many people have with this island. It seems seems to be part of a growing series.

See the previous videos

1) Time, Space and Astrology in Bali

2) Bali: Where the Waters Flow

3) Sekala and Niskala: Reading,

Chapter 13 Introduction Reading from Chapter 13; The Supernatural Part 1  Street Corner shrines for accidents

 Witches and Spirits  Offerings  Statues  High priests  Lay priests-  How witch-spirits operate  3-month birthday celebration  Local temple worship Part 2  Strangeness in some places e.g. Sanur  Elemental spirits- Bhutas and Kalas  Amulets and objects Part 3  Magical power  Food  Animals  Directionality in Bali  Lontars- parchment scripts Part 4  Aristotle's logic  Balinese logic and Animism  the dead are not dead until they are dead Image credits

Where not from Wikimedia commons and freely available in the public domain images and photographs are taken by myself in Bali. Paintings by Walter Spies, Rudolph Bonnet, I Dewa Ketut Baru, and others.

The music extract is from a ceremony that took place in December at Pura Ulun Danu Beratan on a windy wet day next to the caldera lake near Mount Batur.

Sekala returns! Had an idea for this sketch for a long time, just never had the confidence to go through with it.