"Ban-Aw" is a word in HILIGAYNON
bán-aw - Crystal gazing, crystal vision,
divination by means of a magic mirror
called ban-áwan; to practise crystal gazing,
look (superstitiously) into the ban-áwan.
Ang babáylan nagabán-aw sa íya nga
ban-áwan. The wizard or sorcerer is—
looking into his magic mirror,—practising
crystal gazing. (cf. ban-áwan).
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
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