THE night of the first of Suro is the right time to meditate and acquire magical powers. That's what Santoso, 30, a resident of Kebonsari Kulon, Probolinggo, in Central Java, did. The Javanese New Year just began in March last year when Djoko went on nglakoni mendhem to meditate and let himself be buried alive. Over the past year Djoko had been studying ilmu kanuragan and briefly opened practice as an amateur paranormal.

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