http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com Thailand, The Country and its People Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:44:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/year-of-the-dragon-naga-thai-zodiac/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/year-of-the-dragon-naga-thai-zodiac/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:43:07 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=6644 2012 is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac. In the Thai Zodiac, the Dragon is often replaced by a Naga. The Year of the Dragon and the Chinese New Year will commence on the 23rd January 2012 and will be influenced by the Element “Water”. In the Chinese Zodiac and also the
[Read more....]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/year-of-the-dragon-naga-thai-zodiac/feed/ 1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-skin-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-book/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-skin-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-book/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:33:09 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=6593 Information in easy to understand plain English about Sak Yant, the Magic Tattoo or Buddhist Tattoo has been hard to find – until now. Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos is a new book by Tom Vater with photography by Aroon Thaewchatturat. Sacred Skin uncovers the mysteries of Sak Yant, which has been a spiritual
[Read more....]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-skin-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-book/feed/ 1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-ink-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-exhibition/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-ink-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-exhibition/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 06:04:18 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=6085 Sacred Ink is a photographic and multimedia installation exhibition by Cedric Arnold exploring the world of Sak Yant, the Magic Tattoo. Sacred Ink features over 45 large format black-and-white photographs taken in Thailand, as well as sound, video and multimedia projections bringing us further into the world of spiritual tattoos. A body, used as a
[Read more....]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sacred-ink-sak-yant-magic-tattoo-exhibition/feed/ 1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/tree-women-naree-pon-fruit-faeries/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/tree-women-naree-pon-fruit-faeries/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:52 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=5798 One of the greatest mysteries in Thailand surrounds the existence of Tree Women known as Naree Pon or Makalipon. Naree Pon are like fruit Faeries, females with perfect form and great beauty but miniature in size. Legend has it that the God Indra ( Phra Indra or Phra-In in Thailand) created a magical forest as
[Read more....]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/tree-women-naree-pon-fruit-faeries/feed/ 3 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sak-yant-mae-tap-commander-in-chief/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sak-yant-mae-tap-commander-in-chief/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:16:50 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=5749 The Sak Yant design Mae Tap is one of the great universal Sak Yant designs. Mae Tap means Commander-in-Chief and this gives us the first clue as to the meanings behind this Powerful and Sacred Sak Yant Buddhist Tattoo design. Mae Tap is sometimes referred to as the Guardian Yant. The benefits which the Sak
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[Read more....]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/mae-nak-thai-ghost/feed/ 0 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sak-yant-power-of-magic/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/magic-and-superstition/sak-yant-power-of-magic/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:54:30 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=5662 Sak Yant, the sacred Magic Tattoo or Buddhist Tattoo, when applied by a Buddhist Monk or Brahmin Priest, will confer on the wearer certain benefits and protection. The Sak Yant’s power of magic has been known to Thai people for hundreds of years, long before Buddhism came to Thailand, but Sak Yant has only recently
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