FAKTA PRAKTIK ILMU HITAM DI FLORES DAN DAYA ILAHI AIR BERKAT

This article aims to present that sorcery and witchcraft is still widely practiced in Flores. It is one of the main thorny sources of social conflicts in almost every village. There have been a hot-witch hunts at many regions of the islands. Numerous witches or sorcerers caught red-handed practicing it were tried according customary laws of the villagers and then killed publicly. This article also presents that a number of paranormals can prove the existence of the sorcery practices. The mediums used by the perpetrators can be detected. These mediums were claimed to emit a kind of toxic gas which is thought to cause the victim to get sick and die. This poisonous gas will, however, disappear only if it is sprinckled by the sacramental holy water and its victim will slowely recover.