Tan Ah Choon: The Singapore ‘King of Spirit Mediums’ (1928-2010)

On 27 January 2010 Tan Ah CHOON died at the age of 82. Born in the year of the dragon (1928), Tan was the most respected spirit-medium among his peers. He became a tangki (童乩 tongji ‘child diviner’ or Chinese spirit-medium) just before the 1950s, and by the 1960s was regarded as the wisest, most pow...

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Main Authors: CHAN, Margaret, YUE, Victor
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1045
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2301/viewcontent/10_Tangki_20King.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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