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Dr Susan Blackmore - The Rigo of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea
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011599
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A description of the experience
Beyond the Body – Dr Susan Blackmore
The Rigo [of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea] have well developed beliefs about the nature of the travelling spirit. Apparently it can take the exact same form as the physical body, or with further 'magic' it can take on the form of a bird or flying fox or of a light. This light can be small to football sized, shaped like a shooting star with a tail, and the faster it moves the more it twinkles brightly in colours of yellow, red or blue.