Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Spirits can push you?

Did you know that spirits can push you? Last week Marilyn was in the washroom at the factory where she works. This washroom is a small bare room with a concrete floor and a faucet with a drainage channel for the water. (Many employees also use this room as a bathroom because the regular bathroom is apparently never cleaned and the smell is rather overpowering.) The floor of the washroom has become somewhat slimy due to algae growth, etc. Marilyn was squatting by the faucet washing something when suddenly one of her feet slipped and she fell over landing partly in the drainage channel. She was soaked with the slimy water and friends had to help clean her off before she went home to change clothes. One friend suggested that a spirit had pushed her. (I would personally have blamed the slimy floor and the rubber flip flops, but what do I know?)

It is said that there aren't as many spirits in the city as there are in the country but when a spirit bothers you it means that you need to make an offering. To determine what kind of offering is needed, you must visit a seer who will tell you whether a couple of boiled eggs is enough or if you need to kill a chicken, or, if really serious, a pig.

Marilyn decided to ignore the suggestion.

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