Buddhism and magic are uniquely linked in Myanmar, and many influential people follow a mystical religious extension. ‘A lot of politicians, even ministers have tried to come and talk to me’, says Charlotte Myat, who is popular on social media for her ability to communicate with the spirits of past weizza. Former military leader Ne Win ordered drivers to change from driving on the left side of the road to the right, on the advice of weizza fortune tellers. But with Myanmar once again under brutal military rule, some of these customs have been forced underground. Weizza Lin Nyo Tar Yar was arrested by police officers for posting a video of a ritual claiming he would ‘destroy the dictators’, with his magic. He has been sentenced to two years in prison. ‘The youth are now really curious about weizza and they want to know about the invisible world’, he says.