ไสยศาสตร์เป็นที่พึ่งของคนในสังคมไทยจริงหรือ

Abstract

This article aimed to present the background of superstition and its role in Thai society during the period of rapidly progressive science and technology. This period could be considered as the time where the horizons of the East and the West have been open to each other. The subsequent influx of Western thoughts and culture to the East has driven Thai society to the world of competition, thus sustaining the role of superstition as another mental resort, in addition to religion. These phenomena reflected the passion sticking to human instinct. The subject were 114 people aged 15 and over. The questionnaire was set to study their attitudes towards superstition. The result revealed that most Thai people have still believed in superstition regardless of how much scientific knowledge they have acquired. The questionnaire clearly reflected the current situation of Thai society and Thai people๛s potentials and it would shed light on how to organize the teaching of religion and general education, in order to strengthen Thai people๛s intellect.