Male witch gets away with mayhem and murders
SARIAYA, Quezon: He got away with mayhem and murders, has lost count of those he had killed—for a fee—but the highest sum he was paid for killing was P2 million. Some prominent politicians sought him out to eliminate a high-ranking government official, now long dead.
Out of that P2 million, he spent a mere fourth of the amount for himself, the rest he gave away to the people in their neighborhood.
And for the price of 30 black candles, he would kill, to obtain justice for those denied it—all he needs is a name or a photograph of the quarry.
“You want the victim dead in a jiffy or go through suffering first (Ano pong gusto n’yo, patay agad o pahihirapan muna)?” was the unceremonious question by ‘Joseph’ to this writer upon entering his house, located in the heart of this town.
Joseph, 45, is not a typical warlock—a male witch. He is a vigilante of sorts because he doesn’t harm innocent people. He lost count of those he ‘executed,’ saying the number of those he healed almost equalled those he ‘killed.’
He told The Manila Times he started his ‘mission’ when he was 14, when a hermit gave him a crystal-like object, which was absorbed by his body through his palm, inflicting him then an almost unbearable and excruciating pain.
During this interview, he showed this writer a text message, dated March 22, saying, “when name
This is the remnant of the black candle on which Joseph wrote a person’s name he was commissioned to ‘eliminate.’ withheld gets home, crash him ( paguwi ni…. mamaya, ibangga mo siya),” as the method of which to eliminate a victim.
But Joseph stressed that he only eliminates people who really did bad things to other people. Once, he ‘eliminated’ a man who raped and killed a wife of his relative. Some victims’ families who do not have enough resources to have perpetrators jailed come to him as a last resort.
“Before I carry out what crime victims plead me to do, I speak to Him. I say, ‘Lord, You know the gravity of the transgressions of these culprits who will be subject of my rite (Bago ko gawin ang ipinagagawa sa akin ng mga taong biktima ng krimen, kinakausap ko muna Siya (referring to the Supreme Almighty). Sabi ko, Lord, alam mo naman siguro kung anong kasalanan ng mga taong gagawan ko ng seremonya ko),”
Then, he would proceed with his rituals: reciting Latin phrases, lighting fifteen black candles in the morning and another fifteen in the evening. Before the candles burn out, the person whose name is written on the candles would be dead, either by accident or sudden illness. He needs only the name or photograph of the person he would ‘eliminate.’
To establish that the contract for death was carried out, Joseph would send a text message to his ‘client,’ citing the exact time and cause of death of the person commissioned to die.
He doesn’t charge much, only for the ‘ client’ to buy him the black candles he requires for his rituals.
Joseph relates that one of his less harsh methods entail having an intended victim’s strand of hair wound to an electric fan—set into motion, the victim would laugh continuously as long as the fan is running.
But like those versed in witchcraft, Joseph can also do the ‘barang,’ where certain insects are made to teem inside and come out of a victim’s body. He said this is the worst kind of witchery, only inflicted to the worst kind of people.
Joseph also doesn’t ask for fees, satisfied with what the ‘client’ can give him, “The so-called faith healers who ask their patients for consultations again and again are only after money ( Yung mga albularyo na pinababalik- balik ang kanilang pasyente ay nangunguwarta lang),” he added. But he doesn’t condemn his colleagues.
He can ‘heal’ a person in just two days, citing a patient who was confined to a wheelchair, given an ultimatum by a doctor that he cannot walk again. Joseph helped him walk again after two days.
Joseph said his ‘powers’ is on a rest every Holy Tuesday, when the crystal-like object would come out of a hole in his left hand, until Easter Sunday, when it would again be absorbed through his right palm.
He said he would continue his craft as long as he can, although he already passed some of his ‘knowledge’ to one of his sisters and his firstborn. BELLY M. OTORDOZ