There are certain objects that are permeated
with power. TDJ,21.there are scores of such objects which are
fostered by powerful men with the aid of friendly spirits. these
objects are tools-not ordinary tools, but tools of death. Yet they
are only instruments; they have no power to teach....they are made
to kill, to be hurled..they are not really objects,rather, they
are types of power..anything can be a power object..the power of
an object depends on its owner, on the kind of man he is. TDJ,21.
A power object is fostered by a lesser brujo is almost a joke...a
stong powerful brujo gives his strength to his tools...there are
no preferences. they are all power objects, all just the same.
TDJ,22. there are limitations on those types of powers... but such
a point is, I am sure, incomprehensible to you. it has taken me a
nearly a lifetime to understand that, by itself, an ally can
reveal all the secrets of lesser powers, rendering them rather
childish. i had tools like that at one time, when I was very
young. (maiz-pinto, crystals and feathers... maiz-pito is a small
kernal of corn which has a streak of red color in the middle..a
brujo owns 48.) TDJ,22. You must bear in mind that maiz-pinto is
merely an instrument, not an ally. ..they are mere toys in
comparison with an ally..these power objects are only necessary
when a man does not have an ally. TDJ,23.
Description how the maiz-pinto kills a man.
TDJ,22.