Bad Spirit
Medicine Man reveals the Bad Spirit
After a bit of chatter, I asked the Medicine Man about Doogu Doogu and other terrible things caused by bad spirits.
In an casual tenor voice, the Medicine Man explained: "The bad spirit is created by God. Both good and bad spirits are created by God." Medicine Man continued: "We don't see the bad spirits because they have much magic power. They could be right here right now. We just don't see them.
The shaman paused a bit, pointed at me and continued: "But they can see us."
Squatting with his back against the mud wall of his one-room house, Medicine Man continued: "I can see them in my dream. When I sleep at night time, I can see them.
"The bad spirit look like a man. They wear clothes. But some of them has a cow head. Some has only one hand. And some has one breast. Some look like men but not complete man. And always have two, three or ten heads.
Then he pointed to his hand. "Some have kind of feet here. The feet are cow feet."
When I asked Medicine Man if he was afraid of the bad spirit in his dreams, he replied, "Afraid some, a little bit, but not that much."
Janis: "I would be very afraid."
Medicine Man: "If you suppose to walk with bad spirit and you afraid, they always come to afraid you. And if you afraid of them, you can be crazy. You can become crazy. They can do you something bad."
Janis: "Can I take a picture of you like you are sleeping, like you are dreaming so I can make a bad spirit picture?”
Dogon tribe, Mali, Africa