Thai Temple Tattoos - Yant Magic

Yant Swod Paan Yaks (Ta Wae Suwann)

This is Paa yant Swod Paan yaks (Taw Waes Suwann)

There is a fantastic story to this.This Yant belongs to me and my Wife; my wife recieved this in a great Ritual where the 99 Monks chanted into the Paa Yant..I am really looking forward to recounting you all the tale my wife told me!
This Paa Yant was recieved by my wife as she attended the ceremony of Swod Monthr Paan Yaks (Chant the Prayer of Paan Yaks).
Yaks are the fearful appearing Guardians that one sees in most Thai Temples (Wad).
This Ritual involves the use of "Saay Siin", (Saay means cord, Siin means Vows, or spiritual comportment).
The Saay Siin is wrapped around the hands of the 99 monks (Individually), and then fed through a central axis to be spread in different directions around the Salon.
Each cord has one of these Paa Yant attached to it, and is suspended above the heads of the disciples, one for each person present.
The 99 monks begin to chant the mantra of the Paan Yaks, and the wind blows through the trees.
My wife tells me thet the wind blew so strong, that some of the devotees became fearful that the Paan Yaks were coming, and fled.Some had managed to flee already, when the monks saw what was happening.

Some of the monks who were not directly involved with the chanting came to comfort the Devotees that all was well and that there was nothing to be afraid of; That the Paan Yaks play a protective role in the Buddhist Pantheon, and can easily be misunderstood as a kind of Demon.
Actually they are a kind of Dharma Protector, or "Yidam" as Tibetan Buddhists refer to them.Anyway, the Monks continue Chanting, each of the Devotees on their knees in the praying position;
They are all holding the Paa Yant, between their hands in the "Meu Panom" position (like praying, called "Hwai" in common folk's Thai).Suddenly, miscellaneous devotees in the crowd of disciples rise to thir feet, eyes gazing into the nothing; They begin adopting various poses and enacting dances.

The dances and movements are very similar to the movements that can be observed in "Khone" (A Classical Thai Dance Theatre Play, normally depicting scenes and stories from the "Ramakiarn"; a Thai version of the Hindu Epic, Ramayana).
Whilst in Trance the Disciples are unaware of what is happening around them; Some behave erratically as if they were an animal, or some kind of demon.Some are behaving like Characters from the Ramakiarn; Such as Hanuman the Monkey general Of Pra Ram's army.
The monks appear, with various masks of famous Heroes of the Ramakiran Epic. They approach the Devotees who are in trance, and place the masks on the heads of the various Trancees, each mask according to the aspects of each Character.

My wife seems to be of the opinion that the monks were placing the "Hua Khone" of the Paan Yaks onto the Devotees intrance, so that the Paan Yaks could enact their magic.The Trancees continue dancing to the chants of the 99 monks,as the monks were reaching the end of the chant, the Devotees in trance begin to diminish and return to consciousness.They do not really seem to know that anything As the monks finish their chanting, the wind blows through the Temple Salon again; this time in the opposite direction! And all is quiet.The Disciples take their Paa Yant Swod Paan Yaks, make their offerings and return home to place their yant on the wall at home

The real name of this Paa Yant is "Paa Yant Taa Wae Suwann; It is used as a protection against Demons, Ghosts and Magic Spells.Izt is also a yant of the type "Mahaaniyom" (Great Preference), meaning that one will recieve luck and blessings.People will show Compassion and Preference with the yant's owner.