Faced with her doubts, I turned around and threw the question to Uncle Ma.
Because I also have this doubt...
As we all know, the talisman is actually a medium for practitioners to communicate with the Dharma Realm. Talisman drawn by a Taoist master and talisman drawn by a novice disciple are definitely not on the same level, and the spiritual power contained in them is completely different. .
But now there are many printed talismans on the market. The ones that are mass-produced are neither hand-painted by Taoists nor consecrated by masters. They are probably printed from pictures on the Internet.
Many people will ask for this kind of talisman, and the problem will arise at this time.
Is this kind of printed matter useful?
Faced with this problem, Uncle Ma told me simply and clearly: Printed matter cannot be said to be useful, but it cannot be said to be useless either.
The key depends on who sold the talisman and whether it has been blessed with mana.
If you just buy it in a bundle for ten yuan in the market, it is basically useless. At most, it has a psychological effect.
But if you buy it back and have it blessed by a knowledgeable person, preferably by offering incense, then the talisman will have a certain amount of spiritual power.
Of course, this kind of spiritual power is also limited, and it may disappear after a period of time, or it may become ineffective after it has exerted its effect.
For example, if you are walking at night with a talisman, and the yin energy around you is a bit heavy, the talisman may play a role in protecting you for a while, but it will be useless next time.
To use an analogy, this thing is like walking at night without a flashlight. The printed symbols are like matches, which can be used to light a fire, but they burn out quickly.
The most effective talisman is drawn by a qualified person, and then blessed and incense has the best effect.
This is like a walking flashlight, with a longer-lasting battery and greater brightness.
As for the girl from Belgium, her talisman was purchased from the Guandi Temple. Although it was a commercial print, the blessing of the divine spirit was from the Guandi Temple and she had eaten incense in the temple, so it would naturally have an effect.
Even if it's not as good as a flashlight, at least it's a lighter.
Uncle Ma said, especially her talisman, which has the sacred image of Master Guandi printed on it, what monster is not afraid of?
I said that’s not right. Mr. Guandi is from China. Are foreign monsters and ghosts afraid of him?
Uncle Ma said, in fact, what the ghosts are afraid of is not this, but the telepathy of the people in the world.
For example, Mr. Guandi, everyone knows that he can suppress evil spirits and exorcise demons. He is the great demon-suppressing emperor of the three realms. He is respected by all the people and has overwhelming telepathy power.
Therefore, folk beliefs are so magical. When you are alive, you are afraid of him. When you are dead, you will naturally be frightened and run away when you hear his name.
Then when the people have faith, the gods will have powerful spirits. Regardless of Chinese or foreign ghosts, they will all be afraid when they see his holy image or hear his name.
This principle is just like some Chinese ghosts who may be afraid of crosses. It might work if you hit them with a Bible.
After talking for a long time, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and the rituals started here.
What I did for her was to exorcise evil spirits and send away ghosts, and what Master Ren did for her was to save the souls of the dead.
I am doing a ritual from the Immortal family, and Mr. Ren is doing a Taoist ritual.
This Immortal family ritual is completely different from the Taoist family ritual. Our Immortal family mainly writes rituals, burns things, and gets a lot of money to send for management. As I said before, this is private to public.
Taoist rituals are public-to-public. They also burn things, but relatively rarely. They mainly rely on rituals and high-gong masters to deliver inscriptions to the sky.
Note that the Taoism I am talking about here does not mean Taoist thought. In fact, the Taoist master commonly referred to by the people can also represent Taoist priests.
Because when many people see Taoism, they will think that Taoism is thought and Taoism is religion. These are two different things.
This is correct, but in reality, we will also refer to some lay people who believe in Taoist ideas and magicians who use Taoist methods as Taoist masters.
But it should be noted that we can say that Taoism is Taoism, but we cannot say that Taoism is Taoism.
Because although Taoism has absorbed a large number of Taoist ideological elements, there are still differences between the two.
It's just the common name among the people, so we don't have to be too rigid and true. Just like some people are Buddhists, and some are Taoists. The Taoist here refers to it in general, and there's nothing wrong with calling it Taoism.
The ritual is simple to perform, and it only takes a little over an hour. It is all over, and the salvation is complete.
Then I told the girl that the rituals were done and the house could be cleansed now.
According to what I told you before, the girl bought glutinous rice and salt and started spreading them all over the house to cleanse the house and dispel the negative energy.
At the same time, I also asked her to pour high-strength liquor into a bowl in the house and then light it. This is also a method of cleaning the house.
Wine is pure yang, so of course it can drive away yin spirits when burned.
After struggling like this, after the girl finished everything, it happened to be dark.
My heart began to lift, thinking that as long as she was safe and sound tonight, we would have succeeded.
The result was just as I hoped. Nothing happened to the girl that night. She happily told me the next day that she had not slept so comfortably for a long time, and that she had no nightmares or strange noises.
I was quite happy at the time. I thought this was too awesome. Foreign ghosts could do it so easily. The Immortal Family of Wumen Mansion has boundless magic power!
So Uncle Ma and I spent the whole afternoon together. Uncle Ma was much calmer than me. While drinking tea, he said to me: "Don't be too happy too early. Let's talk about it in at least a week."
Facts have proved that Uncle Ma's words still make sense.
And it didn't work at all for a week. On the third day, the girl came to me and said it couldn't be done anymore. The old ghost came again last night and made a lot of noise. He was still pressing on the bed.
I was quite surprised. It was obviously fine the day before, so why did it happen again?
I gave you a lot of money, but this old ghost has less martial ethics than the previous ghost king.
The ghost king has been quiet for a week, so he will be honest for one night!
I asked her, how is the Guandi Exorcist Talisman?
She said it was no longer working, it was useless, and it only worked for two days in total. It was no different now than before, but it got worse.
I was scratching my head a little. This foreign guy was really unreasonable. He gave away so much money and went above and beyond, but it only worked for a day. This is outrageous.
So I asked the girl to take a video of the house, taking pictures of various haunted locations, and photos, etc., and I showed her a good look.
Soon, a lot of photos and videos were sent over. After looking through a few of them, I soon discovered a foreign female ghost lying on the ground next to a bed.
This female ghost was about forty or fifty years old. She had blond hair, blue eyes, and long hair. She was wearing a flowery skirt. She was lying on the ground and raised her head. Her expression was very ferocious and terrifying. Her eye sockets were sunken and blue.
Look at her eyes, looking at me fiercely!
