The definitions for Pre-Christianity Philippines Witches: A. The first, called CATOLONAN, was either a man or a woman. This office was an honorable one among the natives, and was held ordinarily by people of rank, this rule being general in all the islands. –  We know today that the Catalonan were the Tagalog equivalent of the Visayan Babaylan and functioned as a healer,  shaman, … Continue reading Mystic Philippines: Philippines Pre-Christianity Paganism & Folk Witchcraft