Maban
Maban, mabain or mabanba is a material that is held to be
shamans and elders of indigenous Australia supposedly derive their magical powers.[1]
Among the Ngaanyatjarra people, practitioners are known as maparn or maparnjarra.
References
- A. P. Elkin (1973). Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World's Oldest Tradition. Inner Traditions.
- Munn, Nancy D. (1984). "The Transformation Of Subjects Into Objects in Walbiri and Pitjantjartjara Myths." In: M. Charlesworth, H. Morphy, D. Bell and K. Maddock, Eds. Religion in Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology. St. Lucia, Queensland: University Of Queensland Press.