Marma People: Black Magic: The Silent Weapon of Marma

Black Magic: The Silent Weapon of Marma

This is not only believed and practiced in Marma society, it is also practiced by almost all indigenous groups of Chittagong or elsewhere. Marmas apart being Buddhists, they also believe in animism, shamanism and Mantra. Mantra is a kind of sacred words passed from generation to generation which effect can be bad or good depends on the type of Mantra. So here i will talk about the bad type of Mantra or black magic which can kill another person just mere reciting of Mantra spell and doing other rituals. This is the silent weapon of murdering another person and is quietly used than any other weapons.

The main reasons behind murdering of another fellow being silently are competition, jealousy, revenge, and hatred. In the competitive society some people don’t want to see success of another person and build jealousy towards those successful people. They don't have the virtue of cultivating joy in other's progress. Sadly, some think revenge is the only way of defeat and win but they win neither.

These are some of psychological causes and environmental conditions that cause the use of black magic to kill another person.To do all these process of assassinating, first the person has to go Mantra- man (bhwodoo) and he/she has to tell all the details; to whom he/she wants to execute and how. It seems as part of rituals, some physical parts of the opponent is necessary like hair, cloth, etc and the given written spell has to be buried somewhere in front, back or corner of the house of the opponent secretly.

After the ritual process, the result is death of the adversary may be within one week or even earlier. The death of the person can bring through biological assignation or mental deform. In the procedure of biological assignation, a piece of pork, hen, knife or whatever can be put or dig (mhro) in the stomach of the person and that cause the person to death. And in the course of psychological deform, the person will act as mad person or more than mad which can lead to self-suicide.

However the effect can be happened or not, depend on the qualities of the opponent. It seems sometimes it does not work to virtuous persons; one who follows five precepts of Buddhism or person with protective charm; a tattoo on the body with protective Mantra and restriction of eating certain meat.

This is one of the serious issues that young Marma generation addresses it often. In the eyes of young generation, it is the cause of decline of the society and schism of unity. How many people will die in the course of destructive jealousy, revenge and black magic? How many days will it take to resistance?