THE smoke of incense sticks drifted and began filling up the 2x5-meter room in a house at Singkawang, West Kalimantan. That morning, in front of an altar to the gods of the heavens, two men of Chinese descent, dressed like warriors, prayed solemnly. Quietly, they started to enunciate their mantras. Before long, their bodies started to quiver. This became faster after a while, then it appeared that they were possessed.

This was the trance procedur