Friday, May 11, 2007

My First Trip to a Traditional Healer

While on demystification I had my future told! Lucky me, I know. Diouda Falls is a traditional healer in the village where I went on demyst my first week in-country. He diagnoses his patients the same way he tells them their futures, by having them rub sand on a piece of paper and seeing the markings that appear once the sand is brushed off. It was actually really cool... I don't know how he did it. So... I am supposed to live at least until I am 83, at which point I will get cancer. But if I eat an onion a week (cut up and boiled in water) I might live longer. (Good thing there are lots of onions here!) I will have four kids (yikes!) and the third will be a politician or someone famous, a male, of course. I will meet my future husband within two years although I will not like him much at first and he will have to work hard to impress me.

Diouda Falls also said that he has cured 26 cases of AIDS using bark from a tree. He also claims that HIV/AIDS came to Africa from French dogs... The virus spread to humans after dog bites. Really interesting perspective.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

well, i guess now that your future is forecast, you don't have much to look forward to! HAHA! love you!

thienvinh said...

Jamie!
How hilarious...having your future predicted for you! Four kids, WOW! You better learn how to cook onions in a variety of different ways...