Questions About Prah Rahu

[Dave G]

 

Hi Sylvie
I have seen several of your posts on your trips to Thailand and  what I am really interested in is Phra Rahu.and your experiences with this deity. I myself have been very pulled towards him and the connection is just there. However, many are afraid of him.  I am also a westerner, Scottish, working out how I relate to Phra Rahu.
Thanks

Dave

[Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu]

Things Sylvie has written on Prah Rahu:

Towards the Diety Pra Rahu – Presenting Offerings at Wat Samanrattanaram

Life Stages – My Sangwan Rahu Experience – Sak Yant by Arjan Pi Bangkating Chiang Mai

Exploring Meaning – Rahu and Khun Chang Khun Phaen

[Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu]

On 8/21/2019 at 2:11 AM, Dave G said:

 

Hi Sylvie
I have seen several of your posts on your trips to Thailand and  what I am really interested in is Phra Rahu.and your experiences with this deity. I myself have been very pulled towards him and the connection is just there. However, many are afraid of him.  I am also a westerner, Scottish, working out how I relate to Phra Rahu.
Thanks

Dave

I'm not sure what is your question, exactly. Yes, people are afraid of him but he's a demigod and semi-demonic, so that makes sense. It's my feeling that this is a misunderstanding of his powers, but those people aren't wrong. So, walking around with that kind of thing on my chest certainly gets different reactions from people. But the only path away from ignorance is knowledge, so you just have to do as much research about him as you can in order to understand what he means to you. It sounds like you have a kind of inherent connection, which is beautiful. I have that, too. And he's not specifically villainous enough that you don't see the tattoos on fairly normal people. I've seen a number of women getting a Rahu on their lower backs in the years I've been visiting Arjan Pi, so clearly not horrific to any and all. But Arjan Pi was definitely skeptical about my Sak Yant, on my chest and in the middle of an already-not-for-women-generally Sak Yant. I think if he's tattooed on people, women especially, it's generally in a place that remains hidden by clothing.

[Xestaro]

Are there any good resources you would recommend in English for research?

I also tried to look a little deeper but didn't really find all that much material. Basically what info I found was just what we already learned from what you talked about in your videos.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Xestaro

[Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu]

I don't have any resources at my disposal that aren't available through Google searches. You just have to keep looking. A lot of the information is from the Indian lineage of Rahu, much less on the Thai adaptations.