The Gifted One

Two wooden pulleys are attached to a large wooden beam stretched across the temple ceiling. The assistants pull the rope and raise the litter into a standing position on its end. Andre, strapped with leather restraints crossing his forehead, chest, waist, legs, arms, and hands, facing the giant candles as he seeks the celestial spirt, he meditates. As Andre’s body starts shaking violently, he lets out a terrifying shriek, and then, as if on cue, his body does limp and he is deathly silent.