Now W. and his wife are also into kuman thong. They purchased one that they fancied and enshrined it, but, that night, W.'s wife was unable to sleep and felt that an invisible entity kept poking her feet. As it turned out, the kuman thong has a companion kuman thong that they left at the dealer's house. They purchased it and enshrined it, and everything has been going very well ever since; the brothers are together again. Yesterday and today they sent me photos of their two kuman thong and the shrine they are in.
W. and his wife have been reading up a lot on kuman thong. They've also been visiting Thai amulet and talisman shops that offer kuman thong, but most of the kuman thong there, as B. said, are "factory-made".
An authentic kuman thong:
1) has an outer shell of metal (brass, bronze, or iron) rather than fiberglass, ceramic, resin, or plaster
2) contains, inside its base, magical and sacred, ritual objects
3) was fashioned by a Luang Por (LP [holy father]) or Ajarn (holy teacher)
4) has the LP's or Ajarn's signature and provenance information on its back or base.
In addition, you must be able to trace and read up on the LP or Ajarn, deceased or alive. Their data are usually on the Net.
W. and his wife have been reading up a lot on kuman thong. They've also been visiting Thai amulet and talisman shops that offer kuman thong, but most of the kuman thong there, as B. said, are "factory-made".
An authentic kuman thong:
1) has an outer shell of metal (brass, bronze, or iron) rather than fiberglass, ceramic, resin, or plaster
2) contains, inside its base, magical and sacred, ritual objects
3) was fashioned by a Luang Por (LP [holy father]) or Ajarn (holy teacher)
4) has the LP's or Ajarn's signature and provenance information on its back or base.
In addition, you must be able to trace and read up on the LP or Ajarn, deceased or alive. Their data are usually on the Net.
