Some call them modern-day shamans, others might call them faith healers. The South Korean followers of musok call them mudang, and they act as the link between the followers of the musok religion ...

Maundy Thursday night, riding a tricycle down Mt. Bandilaan – home to Siquijor’s famed healers – I looked back and gasped. The mountain behind us had disappeared into a pitch-black curtain, with not a ...

they are sometimes compared to shamans or witches. But it ought to be said that the ‘magic’ they allegedly use is meant to be ‘white’ not ‘black’, aimed to do good, not wrong. Most importantly, and ...