The shaman and leader of a sect that lived with corpses and gave his followers his fluids corporalincluding urine and feces, to “treat” diseases has caused controversy in Thailand following being arrested.
However, he was not arrested for these scatological practices, but, according to judicial sources told Efe, for having his home in a forest area and violating the rules of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The shamanidentified as Thawee Nanla, was arrested last Sunday and released the next day following posting bail of 50,000 baht (regarding 1,446 dollars or 1,369 euros) in Chaiyaphum, a province in the northeast.
The sect was reported to the police by Jeeraphan Petchkhao, another shaman with numerous followers on the networks known as “Mor Pla” and who is dedicated to denouncing bad practices by fraudulent seers and monks who do not follow Buddhist precepts.
The daughter of a follower of Thawee came to Jeeraphan because she was concerned regarding her mother’s strange new ideas and the unsanitary conditions in the cult.
According to videos shared by Jeeraphan, the police found a dozen followers in the home of the shamanwho apparently drank the body fluids from a hole, and also eleven coffins with corpses.
One of the followers of sect He explained that the dead were disciples who had previously donated their bodies before dying so that the shaman would help them ascend to heaven.
with the torso naked and with white hair and beards like a hermit, Thawee, in his 70s, appears in a video gesturing in a cluttered shack surrounded by his disciples, who believe he is a god and has a higher status than Buda.
The vast majority of Thais are buddhistsbut many also believe in other gods, mainly of Hindu origin, and in spirits.
The neighbors of the sect have asked the authorities to evict them from the place.
EFE
