Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Notorious Five Ghosts (五鬼)


 
The statue of 5 ghosts ready made
 
 
The Taoist 5 ghost system is a well known system, one of the power Taoist rituals available since ancient times. If the 5 ghost altar is set up properly, then these 5 ghost brothers will make a person rich. For ordinary folks, this 5 ghost brothers can only be summoned once every 12 years. But for the capable ones, they can set up a permanent altar.

 

The 5 ghosts are:

 

·         The green ghost of east

·         The red ghost of south

·         The white ghost of west

·         The black ghost of north

·         The yellow ghost of center

 

The altar for 5 ghosts should be set up before 5th day of the 5th month of Chinese calendar. The altar for 5 ghosts must not be higher than the altar of other deities. One must prepare the below items:

 

·         Statue of the 5 ghosts if one wishes to set up a permanent altar, or cut out 5 pieces of paper manikins.

·         Prepare special candle holders, incense holders and food offerings such as chicken, duck, fish, pork, eggs and 7 cups of rice wine; 5 cups for the ghosts, 1 for the ghost king and one for the magician.

·         For ordinary people, cooked meats are offered, but for special groups who want more power; then raw meats are offered. This action has incidentally; make the ghosts more difficult to control.

 

The offering ritual can begin after 4pm daily. One must beware not to put the offering too long as once the 5 ghosts are too well fed, they become lazy.

 

In this specific system, the leader of the 5 ghost brothers, the “ghost king” is also worshipped together. Its function is to control these 5 ghosts so as not to create troubles.

 

The more traditional forms of 5 ghost system makes use of 5 human skulls or more recently, 5 human finger bones.
 

10 comments:

  1. Dear Sir,
    With due respect,
    please elaborate, how the five "granddaddy" make a person rich?
    Thank you so much.

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    1. Hi,
      Hmm.. protect your properties, steal from others, destroy your competitors, pull in customers and many many more.. ;-)

      That is if you treat them properly.

      Thanks.


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  2. Hi..,

    If I wish to set up a 5 brother alter at my house what is the thing I need to do.. Like what???

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    1. Hi Jackson,

      First, you must have some exposure in Taoist magic. Then you will need to invite the brothers to your house ;-)

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  3. Hi Jickson,
    I don't think it's that simple. If I am not wrong, it is not advisable to have such an altar at home ( If you are not serious, have a family ) there are lots of protocols and Proceedures that you have to observe and perform strictly.

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    1. Billion Ronl,

      Yes & no. Yes if you are a Mao Shan Taoist; no if you are not. Whatever the case, contact a master to do is the best bet.

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  4. Hi Ship Perng Liew

    I last time tiao tang so can pray to 5 BROTHER

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    1. Hi Jickson,

      Tell me about your tiao tang.

      5 Bro belongs to the yin gods, not so easy to handle. They can possess your body lor..

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  5. 大二爷伯 is my god dad.. and alot teacher say 大二爷伯 from i baby to now they oso follow me and take care of me.. and they some time oso will visit my house so i am handle the 5 brother

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  6. If you know the right people, you can worship the 5 ghosts even without setting up altar to the 5 Brothers. You can get Taoist talisman for each of the 5 Brothers. Whenever you want your request heard just light incense and say water you want.No extra worship stuff required. But talismans are not cheap. Go to talisman4u blogspot. Lots of info there

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