Babaylan is the visayan dialectterm for "priestess." Baylan is the male counterpart of the babaylan. Other terms for this role around the Philippines are arbularyo, hilot, mombaki, bailan/beliyan/bagyan, catalonan, dawac, or ma-aram...

Explore more about the babaylan:

• through exploring the babaylan power roles and through subjective experience through prose poetry and imagery
• by visiting the Center for Babaylan Studies and attendding or finding out more about the First International Babaylan Conference
• or through gazing at a Babaylan Mandala I.I.