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How modern technology is reshaping Thailand's ancient animist beliefs

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Southeast Asia Globe is member-supported publication featuring in-depth journalism that promotes a more informed, inclusive and sustainable future. Members work with our team to shape our editorial direction and hold us accountable. Be a part of the story. Subscribe today! Mass urbanisation and an increasingly interconnected world are pushing animism to embrace the 21st century In a cramped café in Bangkok’s Nak Niwat precinct, the coffee could be cursed. Not because the stocky, black brew served up to customers at Ace of Cups is unpleasant. It has more to do with the fact that co-owner Atiwan Kongsorn is clawing through bottles of love potions and other magical concoctions that, one presumes, must be consumed along with a liquid. Kongsorn, 31, is a gregarious, bubbly host as he guides Southeast Asia Globe through the café’s four storeys. On the ground floor is the self-described ‘witch café’, its décor falling somewhere between a hipster’s blueprint and a mad aunt’s attic. Books on Gr

In a cramped café in Bangkok’s Nak Niwat precinct, the coffee could be cursed. Not because the stocky, black brew served up to customers at Ace of Cups is unpleasant. It has more to do with the fact that co-owner Atiwan Kongsorn is clawing through bottles of love potions and other magical concoctions that, one presumes, must be consumed along with a liquid. Kongsorn, 31, is a gregarious, bubbly host as he guides Southeast Asia Globe through the café’s four storeys. On the ground floor is the self-described ‘witch café’, its décor falling somewhere between a hipster’s blueprint and a mad aunt’s

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