MS07

Mae Per

LP Weangai Phanthasaro · Wat Um Pean · Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
3cm 
Mainstream Artifact 

Individual Craftsmanship

The front carries the unmistakable seated Mae Per image, while the reverse contains another sacred figure surrounded by visibly mixed ritual materials. Because the powders and other ingredients were combined and pressed individually, differences in colour, texture, embedded particles and definition are natural to each artifact.

Personal Experiences Shared by Luksits

Among followers of LP Weangai, Mae Per was particularly sought by people whose daily livelihood depended upon customers, negotiation and personal relationships.

Traders and businesspeople traditionally carried Mae Per with the intention of making themselves easier to approach, helping conversations proceed favourably and encouraging customers to feel comfortable returning.

Others carried her principally for Metta and Saneh — not only romantic attraction, but the broader quality of being remembered, welcomed and treated with goodwill.

This combination of attraction and livelihood is central to the old Khmer understanding of Mae Per: people create opportunity, and opportunity creates movement in one's fortune.

Summary

This particular Mae Per is known as Thin Kamnoet – Mae Kamnoet Nakhon Wat, a form associated with the idea of the Mother of Origin and the ancient Khmer spiritual landscape of Angkor.

It was created and consecrated by LP Weangai Phanthasaro of Wat Um Pean, Cambodia, a Khmer monk remembered by followers for his traditional Wicha and sacred objects.

The piece centres upon Metta Maha Niyom, Maha Saneh, business relations, negotiation, Choke Lap and Maha Phokasap. Its underlying symbolism, however, is deeper than attraction alone. Mae Per represents the maternal principle of origin, creation, nourishment and giving.

Historical Background

LP Weangai belonged to the Cambodian tradition of sacred practice in which Buddhist observance existed alongside older Khmer systems of yantra, mantra and protective Wicha.

Accounts preserved by his followers describe his knowledge as beginning within his family, particularly through his father, who practised traditional Khmer occult disciplines. After ordination, LP Weangai is said to have undertaken extended periods of tudong and forest practice, travelling through Cambodia and neighbouring regions and learning from different teachers.

Mae Per became one of the forms closely associated with his Metta and Maha Saneh work.

In this particular lineage, the teaching is connected with Mae Kamnoet — the Mother of Origin. The accompanying tradition relates the Wicha to the divine feminine, particularly Uma and Kali, expressing the female principle as the source from which life arises.

For this reason, Mae Per should not be understood simply as an erotic figure. Her deliberately exposed posture belongs to an older fertility symbolism concerned with birth, creation, attraction and abundance.

Origins of the Materials

The artifact is formed from a visibly coarse sacred powder mixture rather than a finely refined commercial compound.

Traditional descriptions of this batch mention combinations of consecrated powders, sacred and spiritually significant woods, ritual earths, minerals and other prepared substances. Small grains and differently coloured fragments remain clearly visible throughout the body of the artifact.

The front presents Mae Per seated with her knees raised and legs apart — the characteristic iconography through which the Mother of Origin symbolism is expressed.

On the reverse is a second impressed sacred image incorporated directly into the powder body, together with numerous visible fragments of the mixed muan sarn.

Ritual

LP Weangai is said to have prepared this Mae Per through Athitthan Jit, concentrating and consecrating the finished artifacts according to his Khmer Wicha.

The ritual intention centred upon the qualities traditionally associated with the Mother lineage: Metta, Maha Niyom, Maha Saneh and Maha Phokasap.

Within the traditional explanation, the mother's nature is to give and sustain. The ritual symbolism therefore links attraction with abundance: drawing people closer, creating goodwill, opening opportunities and supporting one's ability to earn a livelihood.

Blessings and Effects

Traditional beliefs surrounding this Mae Per emphasise:

• Metta Maha Niyom — goodwill, kindness and favourable reception.
• Maha Saneh — personal attraction and greater social magnetism.
• Jeraja — smoother communication, persuasion and negotiation.
• Kha Khai — support for trade, sales and customer relations.
• Choke Lap — unexpected opportunities and favourable fortune.
• Maha Phokasap — prosperity and the gathering of resources.
• Greater harmony in personal and romantic relationships.
• Traditional protection against unfavourable spiritual influences.

These are traditional devotional and occult beliefs associated with the artifact and its lineage rather than guaranteed outcomes.

Modern Application

Although Mae Per is frequently described primarily as a love or attraction talisman, this example has a particularly strong commercial and interpersonal character.

It is traditionally suited to people working in sales, business, negotiation, customer service, commission-based work or occupations requiring frequent interaction with others.

The same principle applies outside business. The wearer may approach Mae Per for smoother communication, greater goodwill from those around them and a more harmonious atmosphere in personal relationships.

Physical Details

This is a rectangular pressed-powder Mae Per with a dark brown-grey appearance and a distinctly coarse, granular composition. The front depicts Mae Per in the traditional open-legged seated posture associated with the Khmer Mother-of-Origin form. The reverse carries a second relief image surrounded by visible grains, mineral-like fragments and mixed sacred material. The example shown is preserved within a fitted clear protective casing with suspension loop.

Recommended Pairing

As this Mae Per already concentrates strongly upon Metta, Maha Saneh and prosperity, it can be carried alone for everyday interpersonal and commercial purposes.

For a more balanced arrangement, it may be paired with a Buddha image or protective Takrut. This combines Mae Per's traditional qualities of attraction, goodwill and opportunity with a separate emphasis on mindfulness and protection.