Originally Posted by Pergamum

In a culture where evil spirits are regularly welcomed in and where witchcraft is the norm, what sort of physical manifestations are we likely to see?

If I got you right, evil spirit worship, sacrifices normally animals, (in some case even the children), loss after loss of property, fearful life, a lot of money and energy waste, use of wine, sometime a member of the family specially of the teenage might be used for witchcraft, enemity between cerntain families over the issue of cursing etc.
Can witchcraft curses have physical effects on other non-Christian tribesmen? I am hearing credible stories of people dropping dead or developing ailments sometimes from curses (psychosomatic perhaps?).

Yes, that might happen and it does, as they believe, so it happns but not always. Some time the guess/doubt victimizes the families.
I was cursed myself but laughed it off and told them that it could only return to the person. What is the recommended prescription for being put under a curse?

You may laugh, only because of Christ. Praise God for that. But remember always brother, when you come home, meet your children, always pray for them and for the whole family protection. Claim the promises of God.

The Lord has helped us this way. We have noticed our kids weeping without any reason, sudden fear in the night, etc. We prayed and God calmed the situation.

The attack might come if one is Unbeliever, not walking with the Lord, it has happend in our field and we have seen it, when we were in our Seminary with some outsider nominal believers but they called our professor/pastor and prayer did make a difference. We saw a woman litrally crawling on the floor like a serpent. It took about 2 hours to pray for her and finally God gave victory. She believed in Christ immediatly after recovery.
Would evil spirits manifest differently in Africa, or Indo or New Guienea perhaps? And would it vary even moreso in a Western secular culture where atheism is the strategy of the Devil?