Lupong: The Manang Healing Kit

by Roland Werner

After referring to history of lupong, it deals
with anorganic contents: numerous, magic
stones, pentik (small wooden figures),
petrified objects (crafts of wood and bark),
a “bottle”, and various charms, bells
and containers of invisibility. Aspects of
mineralogy and atomic structures are
followed by a micro-biological examination
and a Gas-Chromatography 7 Mass
Spectrometry (GC/MS) of the contents of
the bottle.

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012