Southeast Asia has always been a place with many magical and animistic cultures. Perhaps no other country in the modern age has such a sycretic and extraordinary Magical environment than the land of smiles- Thailand. From spirits and ghosts to tattoos and amulets to monks and ajarns, Thailand is a place which still lives and breathes magic. Helping us get an introduction to the vast Magical world of the Thai, is author and practitioner of Thai Magic, Peter Jenx!
Peter Jenx originally hails from Northern England. Living in Thailand since 2002, he has spent much of his time visiting Ajarns, talking to them and documenting their words and deeds. Many of these insights he has put into several books including The Thai Occult 1, The Thai Occult 2: Regions of Power and The Thai Occult 3: Ajarn Apichai. You can purchase all of these through his website, as well as many amazing and awesome Amulets! Peter Jenx can be found on Facebook but for all that Peter does, click the pic below!
Show Notes
- Thai Occult & Opening The Doors with Peter Jenx and Jack Grayle – Glitch Bottle Podcast – Amazing interview with Peter and Jack!
- Regional expressions of the Thai Occult by Peter Jenx – Watkins Bookstore video
- A History of Thailand by Chris Baker & Pasuk Phongpaichit
- Buddhism in Thailand
- Tham Luang cave rescue
- The Rescue – National Geographic documentary
- Tham Luang Cave Rescue: Against the Elements
- Inside the sacred danger of Thailand’s caves
- Monks and magic : revisiting a classic study of religious ceremonies in Thailand by B. J. Terwiel
- Home Again Home Again – My Patreon epsiode that I did about Southeast Asian Spirit Houses
- On the Ground: The spirit houses of Bangkok keep watch over a frenetic modern Thai city
- Accommodating the discarnate: thai spirit houses and the phenomenology of place by Michael Pearce – an amazing essay if you can find it
- Introduction to Ghosts in Thai Culture
- Building Magical Power: The Secret of Occult Thailand by Peter Jenx – Excellent essay by Peter about Samathi
- Thai Occult Reflections by Reverend Janglebones – Part I: Making Merit & Part II: The Mirage of Failure – These essays are well worth reading
- Thailand into the spirit world by Marlane Guelden
- Oakland Buddha
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