Info here. Spirits and other phenomena are taken as an everyday fact here, which tends to keep things lively.
I recall some people blamed the military coup three years ago on the possibility that some Cabinet members had trod on ground after returning from Burma, where they had gone to consult a renowned fortune-teller who told them they must not do that for a certain period. Any time there’s an eclipse, government officials will use counter spells to ensure harmony. It’s almost like living in a Thai version of Harry Potter!
Excerpt: **"On live TV, [Sondhi Limthongkul] announced that female followers had smeared maxi pads stained with menstrual blood on the monument of a 19th-century Thai king — all to supernaturally protect his faithful from enemy attacks.
In the eyes of some, Sondhi’s mysticism was vindicated in April when assassins dumped more than 100 bullets in his personal minivan. He survived the ambush. And now the amulets supposedly worn by Sondhi are advertised as “soaked in blood” talismans in Bangkok’s streets."**