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Curses, Jinxes, And Spells:
KYOTO’S BLACK MAGIC SIDE N
ot for the first time in my life, I am trying to read a woman’s thoughts. Clad in a colorful Kimono gown, the young Japanese lady is saying something beneath her breath as she bows her head and gently rings a bell inside Kyoto’s Jishu-Jinja Shrine of the city’s popular Kiyomizu-dera Temple. What is she asking for, I wonder as she prays, love and happiness or for something far more sinister?
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By Ronan O’Connell
