English is not my first language so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes. On the 26th of March, my younger sister and her friends found these folded paper in our street. She showed it to me and I found it really bizzare, our hair stood up. She also said that the plastic with a triangle, contained a cross (I am not sure if it was a pendant or wooden carving), but her friends took it and so they were not able to take a picture of it. Also, I believe this is not the original copy, but a printed copy cause it is noticeable. What I am certain of is that the original copy is surely written by hand.
My first thought was, these are used by 'mangkukulam' or witch because of the Latin words. I have seen a lot of witches in movies using Latin chants to cast spell. IDK. Let me know what u think.
My friend turned out to be schizophrenic and would fall into periods of constantly drinking alcohol, smoking weed and cigarettes, and not sleeping, and this stuff was always the result.
But he’s not schizophrenic right? My friend was bipolar and he found the meaning of life through bees during an episode before he walked in front of a Mac truck
'Delusions of Grandeur' is not exclusive to schizophrenia. It's where you end up with a lot of mental illnesses when they're turned up to 11. I had a bipolar uncle who though God was speaking to him through spiders. A lot of schizophrenic people go wild on numbers though and the patterns in OPs look very similar. Binging on certain drugs or sleep depravsion can cause the same thing too!
I sometimes feel like they should change the name. These disturbed people are sometimes very humble and think you are insulting them when you say it. This bitch thinks that I think I'm some kind of king? Um no. Look at me lol.
As far as delusions of granduer are concerned. I would call them cryptic delusions. Stuff they think needs decoded. They sometimes think these codes are common we just can't see them for some reason.
wrote a book on my drug induced psychosis episode and how strange it was looking back on the behavior... but at the time it was just second nature and i had no awareness of how unusual and out of character my thinking and actions were.... actually terrifying at the time maybe the most scared i have ever been in my life ....
for about a week this went on and eventually my fight or flight kicked in and i broke down had no drugs to keep me going and slept on my friends floor for days on and off before getting the energy and mindfulness to move onto a couch and start breaking down what happened over that time
..meth, no sleep, extremely stressful living conditions and 1,4b addiction was a drag on my life for a long time...
thats probably fairly tame as far as situations those things have taken me into...
ive been in hospital and ICU many times, and police stations and car crashes and things no one should be finding themselves in ....
a product of my environment from early on i guess but doing ok now!
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There's so many things like that in psychology that is just completely antithetical to a charitable name. Delusions of grandeur, as you said, selective mutism, delusional parasitosis, etc.
mania is associated with delusions of granduer, a feeling of invincibility or the ability to take on the world, i wouldnt characterize that at all the same as... whatever is going on in Ops post/diagrams. Its possible for there to be multiple types of delusions, some humble and some not so much.
Yeah can confirm, I’m bipolar type 2, and before I was diagnosed I got put on some antidepressants (venaflaxine I think) that kick started a serious hypo-manic episode and started to believe I was put here on earth to save humanity and shit like that
You don't have to be schizophrenic to have episodes of insanity like this. My brother, normal as hell his whole life, had a stressful period where he didn't sleep 1 night.. then the next night something happened and he wasn't able to sleep.. then by the 3rd day he was so fucked up he jumped out of a moving car and had to be put into a psychiatric ward for a week. Now he's fine again, and it's been a decade. Brains are weird.
Anecdotally I think people like your brother who are relatively normal people are the ones worst affected by things like this because it’s very much outside of their normal lives.
I’ve brought myself to the point of delusional psychosis with drug cocktails mixed with life events but I knew what I was flirting with more or less. It was no shock to me that I thought the world was winking at me because I believed I had metacognition on 9g of shrooms for example. The proof to me was basically me experiencing extreme Deja Vu, giving me the sense that I was one step more in sync with the world or some dumb shit but that exact same feeling would be terrifying if you weren’t trying to feel it.
It can be really really scary when the brain no longer knows how to process information properly because it can still behave in a weirdly uniform process.
When my Grandma is tired she hears the TV telling her that I am stealing all her money. I remind her that if I wanted to steal all her money I wouldn’t be coming to visit her multiple times a day at a nice home that I am directing her funds to as her power of attorney. She will see all the logic in everything I am saying but follow up with “but how come they were saying it on the TV?”
Yes he is. I solved a lot of things when manic including new symbols that made sense of the universe.
I lost all my journals in my last hospital stint. My family didn’t feel the need to keep them while cleaning out my tent/car.
In fairness to us, mania has solved a few world problems. Lord Byron figured out refrigeration and his daughter programming. We all seem to enjoy that shit.
Alaskan Stromboli ! Well, he called it a language but it was just English, however all of the letters were like swapped with these Bam-created hieroglyphics from the normal A, B, C… like Wingdings! Some of them were really complex and he’d post videos explaining what everything meant (which often were just more confusing to anybody who wasn’t also tweaking) - the funny thing was that he swore blind he could write in this new language faster that he could English, but you’d watch a video of him writing it at a glacial pace and realise he was obviously full of shit.
Just looked it up, he called it Laskian Striggoi - Alaskan Stromboli was just my placeholder.
Look up any of his “artwork” from the past few years, this Striggoi is the weird scribbles all over it.
A late friend of mine had episodes like this before his unfortunate suicide. He lived alone and one night I get a call from his brother, he said he was having a crisis, could I go check on him. When I got there, Tim was rushing back and forth looking through his windows, telling me he was creating universes. He had figured it all out. He then showed me his drawings. They had all sorts of religious symbolism in them, with Tim at the center suggesting he was God.
He ended up in the psych ward a few times, put on meds, went to therapy. He got a good paying job about a year after the above incident, but sadly he hanged himself in his apartment 3 months after he started. We played D&D together one Saturday night, and he seemed.. Quieter than usual. But no major red flags. We said bye, have a good weekend, see you around, and left at midnight. I got a call from his dad the next morning telling me he killed himself. I still think about him every day.
You’re a good friend being there for him, I’m sure he appreciated it and wouldn’t want you to feel bad about what happened. There’s a pretty wide spread belief that people haven’t truly died while they’re still remembered so I’m sure he’s aware of your continued friendship, it’s unfortunate he made a permanent decision to a temporary problem
The call to be a God in his own universe was too strong to keep him here. I have convinced myself after a few friends deaths that some people can’t be saved from their own desires to die.
I have a similar friend (possibly former friend at this point) who has been in that exact period for the last 6 months. Except it’s not just his own personal written & drawn ramblings, now he’s constantly imagining all of our wider circle of friends are “telling people to rob him” and that we were all “responsible for his mother dying” 15 years ago.
This of course has come with months of him texting us all like a tough guy with gradually escalating threats. (He is not, and has never been a tough guy.)
We all just ignore him because it quickly became obvious there’s no convincing him that it’s not reality, so he will never want to seek actual help & certainly will refuse finding/getting on any prescribed medication that will work for him.
I think it's interesting how common it is. People post something like this every once in a while. Looks artistic/interesting until you take a closer look and realize there's no way that it makes sense.
Its the patterns and shapes we've all seen from years of TV shows, Movies, and internet conspiracy aesthetic. So in a weird kind of way its almost a self-sustaining thing at this point.
Write words into shapes, toss in pyramids and all seeing eyes, make a chart of something, and throw in whatever looks like math equations for good measure.
bing bang boom you got yourself that A+ schizo aesthetic
An odd yet predictable phenomenon occurs when people start seeking a deeper meaning to life. Sometimes, they see the world as it is and come to the understanding that we are but a speck in the universe and only their inward perspective changes. Others can't handle the knowledge that they are both the speck and the universe and they crack wide the fuck open like an egg on a sidewalk.
The ironic thing is that to those whose consciousness is still blinded by the illusory nature of the 3D, things like this look like 'mental illness on paper', but put it on a white board and call it experimental physics and you can get government funding for it.
Point being- Even the ravings of a madman make sense to a madman. Just because you don't understand something doesn't negate its meaning.
That's what happens when belief or faith are internalized, they affect inward and change how you interact with the outside.
The defining difference (in my opinion) is when they try to name these revelations as brand packaging, and try to sell your journey as a product. That could be starting a cult, writing a religious manifesto, or being a generally annoying fuck that pontificates about the universe at a vape shop.
Could be folk catholic magic. There's a lot of these in the Philippines and it looks like the orasyon and other weird stuff my grandmother would have in her old closet, given to her by their neighborhood albularyo.
Lmao I want a dark comedy horror film where every time something scary happens, the main character is really unreactive and nonchalant about it, and just takes advantage of it to do chores like this 😂
Religious occult writings and schizo writings are basically one overlapping circle.
Neither is a theory of everything. Just look up Terrance Howard's math if you want to see evidence of the delusions sick people face, they think they're inventing world changing formulas but it all boils down to 1+1=3 because you've been lied to your whole life.
That has been one of the largest points of focus to theoretical physicists for almost decades now, but I would be very skeptical if the proof of such a thing looked remotely like what is drawn here.
Filipino here, I used to work in the Museum ng Katipunan as an intern. What you have there are replicas of Katipunan revolutionary documents against the Spanish colonial forces, meanwhile the ones with drawings are talismans or "anting-anting" as we called them. Filipino revolutionaries would wear them either as necklaces, handkerchiefs, or even clothes as they believe that they give them protection and strength as theu combat the Spanish and the local guardia civil. The Philippines is a devout Christian country and these can be seen as one of the many ways we would interpret a foreign culture by local means.
Seeing that these were printed chances are that these were replicas of actual documents and "anting-anting" they were probably for a school presentation or a local museum. The Museo ng Katipunan has the actual anting-anting used by the revolutionaries in display.
I'm really only getting translations and then making some educated guesses. There are references to things in Indonesia and the Phillipines, like "Sinotris Gentillorum" which is a commissioned work for the Ballet Phillipines. Mataram was apparently a Javanese (Indonesian ethnic group) Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in like the 9th century.
Honestly it seems like a mashup of Christianity and local cultural beliefs and references. Some searching led me to a Facebook profile which had artwork in a similar vein.
It's basically a word salad of statements and references. I'm disinclined to use the word witch because it probably has different connotations for me, but this is maybe at most a little talismanic [in the same sense someone might have a statue of a religious figure or excerpts from a bible]. Not really anything I'd call a spell. Like I said elsewhere, it's basically a poster with references.
Schizophrenia and witchcraft just felt like superficial answers. The definition of witchcraft has too many cultural variables so I was cautious of the term, esp. since I don't understand how the word might be used in that region and translated from a different native language.
Here is the answer after o1 thinking about two of the images for 17 seconds.
"It looks like some sort of folk‐religious or esoteric prayer sheet—possibly a blend of Catholic imagery (the figure very much resembles the Virgin Mary) combined with magical or Kabbalistic–sounding words and phrases around her. A few observations:
Iconography
The central robed figure with a crown and a halo strongly suggests the Virgin Mary.
There are angels drawn above and beside her. This is common in Catholic or Marian devotional images, but there’s also some text that doesn’t look strictly “church Latin.”
Textual Elements
Some of the words look vaguely Latin or pseudo‐Latin (“nuctim,” “norim‐dei,” “sangrata,” “gentilorum,” “omnipotent,” etc.), but they don’t form coherent Latin phrases.
Other lines seem to be strings of syllables or mantras (“nuyuziyun,” “aecam aecam misit…”) that don’t appear in mainstream Catholic prayers.
The word “CABAL” on the left might hint at “Kabbalah,” or it could be something else spelled phonetically.
The circular arrangement in the second sheet has a lot of fragmentary words or names, suggesting a diagram or a “wheel” of divine names, saints, or mysteries.
Possible Purpose
These sorts of sheets sometimes function as protective talismans, “prayer circles,” or “miraculous” novenas—especially in certain folk Catholic traditions. They can be used as amulets (folded up and carried) or hung in the home for spiritual protection.
The hodgepodge of Latin, angelic names, or Kabbalah‐like words often appears in syncretic or esoteric Catholic practices—for example, in parts of Latin America or the Philippines where folk spirituality merges with Catholic iconography, or in certain occult/ritual prayer manuals.
Likely Not ‘Official’ Liturgy
Standard Catholic devotions (like the Rosary, the Hail Mary, etc.) are in clear Latin or vernacular. These sheets have a more mystical or arcane flavor—suggesting a personal or folk tradition rather than an official church prayer.
In short, it seems to be a folk/occult‐leaning Marian prayer or talisman—a mixture of Catholic iconography, scattered Latin, and possibly invented or arcane “holy words” arranged in a wheel or aura around the figure. Such items are often used for spiritual protection or invoking blessings, outside of strictly orthodox Catholic practice."
Filipino here, I used to work in the Museum ng Katipunan as an intern. What you have there are replicas of Katipunan revolutionary documents against the Spanish colonial forces, meanwhile the ones with drawings are talismans or "anting-anting" as we called them. Filipino revolutionaries would wear them either as necklaces, handkerchiefs, or even clothes as they believe that they give them protection and strength as theu combat the Spanish and the local guardia civil. The Philippines is a devout Christian country and these can be seen as one of the many ways we would interpret a foreign culture by local means.
Seeing that these were printed chances are that these were replicas of actual documents and "anting-anting" they were probably for a school presentation or a local museum. The Museo ng Katipunan has the actual anting-anting used by the revolutionaries in display.
As an Indonesian, yeah these papers are kinda familiar to me. They’re known as rajah or azimat. But because we’re a muslim majority country. You’ll find them written in Arabic like this one below.
They’re supposed to give its owner many benefits such as to repel disasters, physical immunity, romantic charm, business charm, etc.
They’re NOT a proper muslim belief though, because anyone believing these papers is considered shirk (idolatry, a huge sin in Islam)
Thank you so much for sharing! Just to further the examination “Sinotris Gentillorum” is the title of the second movement in the Ballet Philippines’ four-part ballet “Anting,” which explores the world of Filipino talismans and amulets. This specific movement, choreographed by Christine Crame, features a young woman who brings home a “taladro” (a type of amulet) and displays it on the wall.
According to Google AI, anyway
The writings reminds of the "anting-anting" or "aginat" they either tattoo it on their body or put the notes somewhere like a necklace or something thet can attack it on their body. The beliefs is that having one, it will make that person sort of bulletproof or will not get sick
Filipino here, I used to work in the Museum ng Katipunan as an intern. What you have there are replicas of Katipunan revolutionary documents against the Spanish colonial forces, meanwhile the ones with drawings are talismans or "anting-anting" as we called them. Filipino revolutionaries would wear them either as necklaces, handkerchiefs, or even clothes as they believe that they give them protection and strength as theu combat the Spanish and the local guardia civil. The Philippines is a devout Christian country and these can be seen as one of the many ways we would interpret a foreign culture by local means.
Seeing that these were printed chances are that these were replicas of actual documents and "anting-anting" they were probably for a school presentation or a local museum. The Museo ng Katipunan has the actual anting-anting used by the revolutionaries in display.
I had something similar to the 2nd pic stuck to my dorm wall when I stayed in the Philippines to study. It was during the Taal volcano eruption and the caretaker told us it was supposed to be 'protection'. I'm a foreigner nor am I religious so I don't know how it works qwq
I hope you are protected, but I think that’s a family tree and blessing to the merger of these families. It would have been a nice gift to a new born or married couple.
Filipino here, I used to work in the Museum ng Katipunan as an intern. What you have there are replicas of Katipunan revolutionary documents against the Spanish colonial forces, meanwhile the ones with drawings are talismans or "anting-anting" as we called them. Filipino revolutionaries would wear them either as necklaces, handkerchiefs, or even clothes as they believe that they give them protection and strength as theu combat the Spanish and the local guardia civil. The Philippines is a devout Christian country and these can be seen as one of the many ways we would interpret a foreign culture by local means.
Seeing that these were printed chances are that these were replicas of actual documents and "anting-anting" they were probably for a school presentation or a local museum. The Museo ng Katipunan has the actual anting-anting used by the revolutionaries in display.
I thought I've seen these before, I'm from the Philippines. The word "mangkukulam" confirms it. Those are pseudo latin. Written by a cult leader to pretend to know latin or sound legit atleast. It was debunked on a local TV show years ago.
I think it is a traditional Filipino orasyon, a type of prayer or incantation used in folk spiritual practices. This one seems to be written in a mix of Latin and Cebuano/Bisaya, and it looks like it is meant for protection or to drive away evil spirits. These kinds of orasyon are often used by albularyos (folk healers) or people practicing kulam (folk magic/curse). It is kinda like a spell or exorcism prayer rooted in a blend of Catholic and indigenous beliefs.
These are rather standard examples of talismanic magic, frequently sold by 'temple supply' stores. They come from medieval grimoires and are frequently distributed on oarchment-styke paper.
Considering the drawing and the comment above's image indicate some Philippino folk religious movement , I think it's safe to say we can all move away from the reductive "it's mental illness", and start looking at this from a more sociological (aka, mature, reasonable) point of investigation.
Ignore the comments that say it's mental illness. It's sihr i.e magic and is quite common in places like the middle east, parts of Africa and south Asia. Best thing to do is burn it.
They're "Anting antings", magical talismans, they were pretty common and popular in the Philippines during the 70s and 80s during the height of the communist rebellion, when people, especially in rural areas were trying to find some other means to protect themselves from the "red scare". My dad has one of those tiny booklets that i found in his cabinet. iirc, they can still be bought in Quiapo, Manila.Those tiny booklets and talismans are full of butchered latin prayers and spells. There's even a spell that supposedly turns you invisible.
At first glance, I immediately thought it was some form of a ward used here in the Philippines. Then, in the fifth image is a portrait of what looks like Jose Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. There is a cult here called the Rizalistas. They basically believe that Jose Rizal was divine and a spiritual guide. So that ward is maybe from a Rizalista cultist.
It is usually used to protect your home or to curse your enemy. If you want to protect your home, you basically need to bury it someplace in your home. However, if you want to curse someone, then you have to hide it near the person you want to curse.
That is as much as I know about these kinds of things. You can look online for anting-anting bottles with latin writings if you want to read more about it.
the guy on the drawing looks like Jose Rizal , a national hero of the Philippines but then some ethnic groups look him as a divine as the reincarnation of Jesus / God. They called themselves Rizalista and as I see on the photos, it was some kind of prayers for protection like a certain sorcery..
This is some kind of religion in the southern Luzon, Philippines, where their God is Jose Rizal, and other "bayani" (heroes) are correlated to saints and/or the apostles. The worship and pray to them. Probably those writings are some kind of testaments for them.
Correct me if i am wrong guys. I just studied some of these during my college days and they look the same
they are charms to protect from any evil and curses, or to bring you luck. idk exactly how make it work but you have to pray for it at a specific day and time. we have those in the Philippines, as a matter of fact, picture number 5, got a drawing of Jose Rizal, a prominant figure in Filipino history. and you are right, its written in old Latin.
Definitely a photocopied drawing of a Philipino agimat or anting-anting (amulet/talisman) and some related religious texts, with very clear Catholic elements interspersed with the folk rituals. This is not uncommon at all, or really particularly creepy if you know what it is.
I've seen text like that in old middle-age esoteric books. They would often write and draw things like that to describe heavenly or infernal hierarchies and depict biblical figures like angels. An example is the original Key of Solomon spell.
Anyway, these documents look like photocopies from one or more of those books.
Every alchemists worth their salt knows about Hermes "Larry" Trismegistus. He was the guy that learned to transmute books into pizza. Sold the knowledge to Pizza Hut back in the 90's; made a fortune.
Looks to be printed copies of Christian wards/spells.
Stuff like this was common before the church decided magic is evil.
Note that the belief in magic and prayer/blessings are just semantics, so it was extremly easy to go from one to the other, you just have to change the words a tiny bit while keeping the meaning and intention of whats said or written.
These are anting anting (invincibility amulets) of Rizalistas in the Philippines they are a Cult who believes Jose Rizal is a Reincarnation of Jesus Christ
I never know god, of the genitals, I love the body, I shake your hand, I am a little bit of a fool....sounds like gibberish to me, gibberish in latin looks scary I guess.
one of the phrases says I know the news of God but I cant make out much else from the pictures. Looks like Mary so probably some type of religious occult thing. Most of it I can see is Latin which the early Roman Catholics spoke in church
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u/meinertzsir 3d ago
standard schizo stuff