The way I was taught to understand complong was that it could be either an intentionally forged hole or gap ("complong" (Jav.) simply means "hole or gap or opening") or one that has been developed through the passing of time.
If it has been developed through the passing of time it has developed because time and its effects are an aspect of God, thus if this complong has any power, that power comes from God.
If the complong was intentionally forged, then that is a complong that has been created by man, so if it has any power, that power depends upon the power of the man who forged it.
Do we trust the power of God, or the power of man?
Then again, some complong are simply the result of bad luck or of incompetence on the part of the man who forged the keris.
How do we distinguish between God, intention, and incompetence?
Last edited by A. G. Maisey; 19th September 2021 at 06:43 AM.
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