"Babaylan" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
babáylan - Sorcerer, wizard, magician,
one versed in superstitious practices. Also
used as a verb. Ginbabaylanán sang
babáylan ang masakít nga bátà. The
sorcerer practised his art or performed his
enchantments over the sick child.
Ginpababaylanán sang ilóy ang íya
masakít nga bátà. The mother got a
conjurer to perform his superstitious rites
over her sick baby. Ang babáylan kon
magbinabáylan maíhaw sing manók ukón
báboy kag mapatíkpátik sa pínggan.
When the conjurer performs his
superstitious rites he kills a chicken or pig
and repeatedly strikes a plate. Nakakáon
siá sing báboy nga binabaylanán. He ate
some pork that had been subjected to
superstitious rites.
babaylan = baylan.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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