While in exile in Dapitan Rizal wrote, what is said to be the first psychological essay in the Philippines, "On the cure of the bewitched" a monograph on the mangkukulam. It comes with some drawings like this depicting a woman doubled up in pain saying' Jesus! naglalata aco cun ano pa man ang nasa loob asuang yata." Rizal interviewed mangkukulam and herbolarios to understand their work and cure victims.
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Published on September 21, 2011 16:30