Green, it is hard to know how to approach your question. This is not really a subject for keris "experts" to decide.
I have lived a rather esoteric spiritual live myself. I have experienced many things that have no logical answers in scientific analysis and have always adopted the philosophy that we live in a world both seen and unseen. I consider myself to be fairly sensitive to these unseen forces of nature. I never try to convince people that these experiences are real as proof is not in their nature and they are generally meant to remain personal. That said, while i have handled keris that do indeed seem to have presence and an intrinsic feeling of power i have never in all my experience with keris ever been in the presence of what i would call maleficent powers. I have well over 60 keris in my personal collection and have handled countless more. I cannot say that i have ever felt an evil presence in any of them. That said, your mileage may vary, but i am not certain what kind of useful, scholarly information we can possibly gather from such a discussion. All we would be able to talk about on this subject would be unsubstantiated feelings, myths and legends. Nothing tangible. While i respect the personal spiritual experiences that some may have in relationship to the keris, discussion of this experiences here cannot possibly lead us to any sincere conclusions on the matter.
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