Malay Magic / Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula

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A compilation of Malay Peninsula folklore, popular religion, and magical practices drawn from manuscripts, published sources, and the author's field notes, presenting creation myths, supernatural beings, charms, incantations, ritual practices, and folk explanations for illness and misfortune. The text emphasizes literal translations of spells and formulæ with originals in an appendix, confines attention to Malay communities of the peninsula, and compares recurring motifs while avoiding non-Malay populations. Methodological notes explain evidence and limits. The volume serves as an introductory survey that organizes material thematically—cosmology, spirit lore, protective and harmful magic, divination, and ritual observances—without claiming exhaustive treatment.

[ccxlvii] Lucky and Unlucky Days of the Week [p. 549.

Fasal pada menyatakan malam Ahad terlalu baik, barang di-chita-mu segra di-peruleh: demkian-lah padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Ithnin itupun terlalu baik barang pinta-mu segra di-peruleh; demkian-lah padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Thalatha baik juga ʿalamat akan menjadi mentri atau penghulu besar: demkian-lah padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Arbaʿ orang itu jadi pertapa, jika jahil jadi jahat, padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Khamis baik barang yang melihat jadi dia jadi kasih, padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Jumʿat terlalu amat baik akan beruleh sukachita, padah-nya; dan jika pada malam Sabtu ʿalamat beruleh berkat dan salamat di-bri Allah taʿala.

Amin! Ya Rabb’-al-ʿalamin.