Black Magic in the Banggai Archipelago and in Balantak

This article describes black magic in the Banggai and Balantak regions of eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, as practiced in the early twentieth century. In particular it describes the use of doti (poison magically and invisibly delivered that causes sickness and death), how people ascertained its presence, and the means they employed to counteract it. It was usual for corpses to be questioned about the cause of death. Suspected sorcerers were fined and sometimes murdered.