Spells & Sigils: The Magic & Mastery of Thai Sacred Tattoos | Joe Cummings | TEDxChiangMai
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2016
- Drawing on the research for his book “Sacred Tattoos of Thailand: Exploring the Magic, Masters and Mystery of Sak Yan” (2012), writer Joe Cummings provides insights into the ancient traditions of the sacred tattoo art practiced in Thailand, covering the historical background of tattoos, their cultural and religious significance through the ages, their more esoteric role in the spiritual traditions, and their modern day resurgence in popularity. His research helped him understand the links between sacred tattoos, Buddhism and Thai culture. Thai tattoos have a deeper meaning than being works of art. They confer protection but it is the wearer's personal morality that sustains their powers. This talk is in English. www.tedxchiangmai.com
Joe Cummings was born in New Orleans and raised in California, France and Washington, DC. An interest in Buddhism drew Joe to Thailand, where he taught English before returning to the US to earn a master's degree in South Asian Civilization at the University of California at Berkeley. His Lonely Planet Thailand guide, first published in 1982, remains one of the bestselling guidebooks ever published. Reference books he has written include “Sacred Tattoos of Thailand”, “Buddhist Stupas in Asia”, “Buddhist Temples of Thailand”, “Burmese Art, Design & Architecture”, “Muay Thai”, and “Lanna Renaissance.” Joe’s honours include the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award (twice) and Mexico's Pluma de Plata (Silver Quill) for outstanding foreign journalism on Mexico.
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I use my tattoos in prayer. Very powerful.
Pardon my question, How is it very powerful..? In which way?
Yes, please expand on this :~)
I don't know which tattoo/s you meant is.
I'm from around that thai/burma areas, tattoos from there are spells and some kind of white good magic for good luck also protections.
The spells tattoos is powerful only when the person must follow some of dos/donts in their life. Don't worry, those tattoos will never ever work like Harry Potter.
I never knew about any of this. Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing some knowledge
My wife is from SouthEast Asia
Can't wait to show her this
Very informative
Great talk about a fascinating culture
So much that I don't know, so much that I do know. Watching this triggered memories of past lives when I had this knowledge.
Amazing, did my first sigil today.
yo thinking of getting my own very soon
plz share your most notable experience after getting it that you feel was because of the sigil.
i’m doing research rn tryna make sure i don’t get myself into something i’m
not ready for
And how is the sigil working till now? @tammyseguin3890
@@atarii_ak8609 I’m a tattoo artist and created my own for protection, self love, and self assurance. It’s on my right hand on the side of my thumb so that i have visibility of it and it is on the side of my body that is about action and the outside world. I’ve had it for like over a week now, it definitely has helped me a lot already. Its my power stance towards the world and has honestly helped embody a deep transformation in my life towards the highest version of myself. I preformed a ritual while creating the tattoo in order to keep a steady focus of intention and charge it! I use it as a tool to reflect, align, faith, and overall confidence (:
If you get a symbol from another culture, be sure to do extensive research bc you are marking your body with the essence of that symbol, and be guided by your intuition, not your eyes. I hope you still get it!!
This is an outstanding video it taught me something about the magick of tattooing in Thailand
ok
I dont see how someone wanting personal gain makes you a bad person. Whats wrong with wanting the best things in life. I understand now if you want to hurt people for no reason but other than that I disagree with that statement towards the end
Yh so true what's actually wrong with having genuine desires, all you want to do is be happy
I'm guessing here. Maybe bc the disciples had to follow a strict code. Personal gain is very broad, but maybe in this case it's anything that goes against this code, furthering the practitioner's discipline
I suspect that it has to do with the tenets of their beliefs. We are a communal species and caring love and kindness is to be shared amongst us. It is not everyone for themselves, it is everyone for everyone. Someone more versed in their particular beliefs could describe it better. But personal gain is something valued in certain societies like the US more than it is elsewhere. In other cultures they emphasize that they cannot exist without each other, and it is communal gain that is valued over personal gain. It's not that it makes you a "bad person" it just makes you lost in your own mind. Part of what gives power to these things is the beliefs behind them. So when you fail to value what is considered relevant, it weakens you, and therefore the tattoo. He was just fishing about for a short way to reference the way they see the world as differing from ours. In the US we assume that the way to happiness is by following our desires and getting them. However, the opposite is considered true by Buddhism. They believe desires themselves to cause unhappiness or suffering. So to focus on personal gain, ie to the exclusion of the community, would be considered to cause suffering and by extension the loss of spiritual powers one may have gained by living in a way that suits the human spirit.
In Buddhism, personal gain is a trait of desire and desire brings suffering, yes it can make you happy in a temporary sense; HOWEVER, it keeps you in the karmic cycle of desire from which other traits are may arise from focusing too much on gain (fear of loss, judgment, pride, obsession etc...). So one of the core tenants in Buddhist teaching is to let go of desire in order to let go of suffering. Inner peace and enlightenment is the goal.
Should be mutual exchange. Transfer of energy like I do this for u and u this for me.. Consciously mutually Benificial so no resentment or taking advantage or feeling used or personal gain can occur we should all do mutually beneficial transactions then we all win
great topic!
Awesome
good channel i support u 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Tattooes are also very important, it must mean something to your life!
Yeat
Placebo……….. it is your mind (intentions) that have the power.
I have 6 Sankyant tattoos on my back, 1 on my right forearm, and 2 each on my fingers
Have you noticed a difference in your life since you’ve got them?
young owl what amulets?
Brother I need a question answered, I'm Clairvoyant and two weeks ago I had a dream where a guy and girl got into a motorcycle accident, about two hours ago I just missed by seconds a guy and girl killed riding on a motorcycle can sigil magick help me to help people? there has to be a way.
Brent Mcclung Hello friends No need to wast your time on this because i tried it but it didn't work for me until a friend of mine directed me to a great baba in Africa who did a love spell for me and after two days my ex came back to me saying sorry and begging so i am using this great opportunity to drop the baba contact via whatsAAp (+23408072430195)
@@eloydejong1088 Do you have baba contact brother?
@@rathkhan1114
I hope you didn't call that number.
If you did, good chance your number is now being passed around by scammers.
I am a medium as well and believe Yes you can access power to help somebody using sigils
Thank you so much this may help me remove a particular witchcraft agenda directed to me through tatous
*** Tattoos
Best of luck.
Are there any negative side effects from using a sigil?
Is there any negative side effects of using a knife?
Wtf
Depending on how you use it. Just like anything.
Make sure you are not using words such as Can't, Don't, also try not to influence other peoples free will.
Yeah the demons attached to them don't like it when you try to stop
Kao yot has nothing with Meru peaks
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Wow you pronounciation is so similar with Thai accent
I can't fuckin understand when he pronounces the names of the stuff lol
At 9:42 they spliced to audio to hide that he said mount meru which is a gold mountain at the center of the earth referred to as the axis of the earth…you see they tell you what they want you to know never the whole of the story if I didn’t read I wouldn’t know what he meant but I caught that shxt after listening several times and you can to
It's just an audio glitch, and I can still hear him say the word Meru. Cummings' books also go deep into Mt Meru cosmology. The idea that someone wants to hide such info is ludicrous. It's found in literally tens of thousands of publications and public lectures.
man i clicked on the wrong vid
Tattoos help the detective to solve investigations?! I'm sure that's reassuring for the victims' families...
In Thailand, it is.
And when it leads nowhere? Secularism is increasing here, thankfully.
Nick Kenchington And a day you're not stupid, that will never come unfortunately
And now the video is removed...welldone
No it's not lol
This clown needed to do his homework, It originated from Cambodia it written in Khmer Language .
Sak translates in Khmer is Tattoo , Yant translates in Khmer is Protection .
And Muy Thai in from Cambodia, Muy translates in Khmer is One
It is really hurt as a Cambodian.
Not true. It originated among Tai cultures living in SW China and NW Vietnam 500 to 1000 years ago. Tai sacred tattoos use Khmer, Lao, Shan, Lanna and Tai Lu scripts, depending on the region and the master. The word sak in Khmer is of Tai origin.
活着就要精进学习。头脑才会灵话。因53童年时也如此。
Ok little bit about everything, in general the video was not informational.
this white man is not correct about Jolies tattoo. she got that in Cambodia because it is in its purest form
You are wrong. Thai tattoo master Ajahn Noo Ganpai did the work. Do your homework.
You are right, she's got it in Kamboja. But it was made by Noo Kanpai.
@@slimturnpike yup, exactly. It was done by Aj Noo in Pathum Thani (which IS IN THAILAND)...listen timeline 5.45
@@plagueinsideme she got it in Thailand.
Ladyboy
Joe Cummings - the notorious plagiarist.
Drive Easy why do you say this, is he taking someone else’s work? Just curious.
This is absolutely Shirk and Haram thing......Only God to be asked for help...
I do include God, he gave us Mother Azna, Mother Earth, guidance from the heavens. God is in everything. God is very passionate about us. That or he would have let us go. He loves his creations. As do I. I AM here to manifest God's business.
On that note I have everything I need. The universe is the almighty God the creator of all things.
Religious types who claim that they are unable to help themselves because only God can. Did God give you free will or didnt He?
You must also be unable to sin, because only God can do that for you