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Debteras participate in liturgy as singers and musicians and, outside the Church religio-magical healers by performing as herbalists, astrologers, fortune-tellers etc. Some Ethiopian authors consider these healers as ‘spiritual healers’ whereas, they are purely religio-magical healers.<ref name="Janetius, S.T 2016">Janetius, S.T. Abyssinia in the New Millennium (Revised Edition), 2016. {{ISBN|9783659710629}}</ref> Some duties taken on by Debteras are not sanctioned by the Ethiopian Church. Many debteras distribute contraceptive herbs to women and perform magic meant to perform contraceptive functions, in contradiction to the Ethiopian Church's modern official stances.<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica|authorlink=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica|title=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4WUdKWGcYsC&pg=PA4|year=2003|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-05607-6|page=4}}</ref> Some are also reputed to study [[black magic]] invoking [[demon]]s alongside their more benevolent official learning.<ref name="Molvaer" />
Some Debteras traditionally manufacture [[apotropaic magic|apotropaic amulets]] meant to protect the wearer from evil spirits.<ref name="Turner" /> These amulets are often made of silver and are noted for their use against the [[evil eye]] or [[buda (folklore)|buda]] and against [[zār]] spirits. They may also study a variety of anti-magic invocations, [[prayer]]s, and exorcisms. These exorcisms may include prayers, blessing of [[holy water]] (which the possessed person drinks), burning of roots, and incantations from a ''Magic Star Book''.<ref name="Geleta" /> Some amulets may take the form of small scrolls kept in pouches or similar containers, made from the skin of a sacrificed goat or lamb whose blood is used to ritually purify the intended owner.<ref>[http://www.medievalportland.pdx.edu/?q=ethiopian-magic-scroll Description of Ethiopian Magic Scroll] at [[Portland State University]]'s [http://www.medievalportland.pdx.edu/ Medieval Portland site].</ref> Some practice (or rather circumvent) [[astrology]], by giving unlucky people new stars by changing their names. This may be considered "cheating" by the locals, however. Some Debteras have also been noted to use jimsonweed ([[Datura stramonium]]) to cause hallucinations.<ref name="Molvaer" />
A debtera may charge a fee for his charms, exorcisms, and astrological practices, but not liturgical activities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lulat|first=Y. G-M|title=A History of African Higher Education from Antiquity to the Present: A Critical Synthesis: A Critical Synthesis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J00xEkY-vTEC&pg=PA56|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-06866-9|page=56}}</ref>
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