Father Gregorio Aglipay PHOTO FROM PROJECT GUTENBERG)
Father Gregorio Aglipay PHOTO FROM PROJECT GUTENBERG)

The power to be invisible was among the magical powers or galing used by Filipino fighting men of the olden days. Among the Tagalogs of Luzon, it was known as tagabulag. The root word of tagabulag is “bulag,” which means “blind” because the magic supposedly will make other people blind to the presence of the owner of the galing.

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