The realm of the extra-human : agents and audiences / editor, Agehananda Bharati.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Agehananda Bharati, Swami, 1923-1991.

Conference Name:

International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (9th : 1973 : Chicago, Ill.)

Series:

World Anthropology.

World Anthropology ; [Vol 1]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Congresses.

Religion.

Rites and ceremonies--Congresses.

Rites and ceremonies.

Shamanism--Congresses.

Shamanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (584 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

The Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed by Aldine, c1976.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front matter

Introduction / BHARATI, AGEHANANDA

SECTION ONE

Neo-Hindu Acculturation: An Alternative to "Instant Chemical Religion" / FORNARO, ROBERT J.

Lévi-Strauss in Fairyland / McDOUGALL, LORNA

Gods, Kings, and the Caste System in India / MAHAPATRA, L. K.

Shamanism as a Profession / MANNING, R. O.

Religion and Human Play / NORBECK, EDWARD

The Akan Stool Polity: A Political Organization / QUARCOO, ALFRED KOFI

Religious Change in a Northern Nigerian Emirate / SALAMONE, FRANK A.

SECTION TWO

Deified Men and Humanized Gods: Some Folk Bases of Hindu Theology / AIYAPPAN, A.

Shamanism in Central Asia / BASILOV, V.

Shaman and Priest in Yucatán Pentecostalism / GOODMAN, FELICITAS D.

Sense Stimulation and Ritual Response: Classifying the Religious Symbolism of the Persian and Yemenite Jews / LOEB, LAURENCE D.

Characteristics of Sisala Diviners / MENDONSA, EUGENE L.

The Goddess Cult in the Hebrew-Jewish Religion / PATAI, RAPHAEL

Tibetan Oracles / PETER PRINCE OF GREECE AND DENMARK

Breaking Ties with Deceased Spouse / ROSENBLATT, PAUL C. / WALSH, R. PATRICIA / JACKSON, DOUGLAS A.

The Spirit "Rides" or the Spirit "Comes": Possession in a North Indian Village / WADLEY, SUSAN S.

The Shamanistic Element in Taiwanese Folk Religion / SUZUKI, MITSUO

The Study of Shamanism among the Peoples of Siberia and the North / VDOVIN, I. S.

SECTION THREE

Altered States of Consciousness in Northern Iroquoian Ritual / LEX, BARBARA W.

Shamanism, Trance, Hallucinogens, and Psychical Events: Concepts, Methods, and Techniques for Fieldwork among Primitives / LONG, JOSEPH K.

The Culture-Historical Origin of Shamanism / NACHTIGALL, HORST

The Role of Women in the Male Cults of the Soromaja in New Guinea / OOSTERWAL, GOTTFRIED

Certain Aspects of the Study of Siberian Shamanism / POTAPOV, L. P.

Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana / SINGER, PHILIP / ARANETA, ENRIQUE / NAIDOO, JAMSIE

A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power and Balance / SHARON, DOUGLAS

SECTION FOUR

Esoteric Rituals in Japanese Traditional Secret Societies: A Study of the Death and Rebirth Motif / AYABE, TSUNEO

Ritual, Myth, and the Murdered President / WILLNER, DOROTHY

SECTION FIVE

Pandharpur Priesthood: Its Changing Role, Functions, and Future / DINGRE, G. V.

An Anthropomorphic Shamanic Musical Instrument from the Eighth to Twelfth Centuries A.D. / KRALOVÁNSZKY, A.

Rousalia: The Ritual Worship of the Dead / LITSAS, F. K.

Personifications of Capes and Rocks in the Hellenic Seas / LOUKATOS, DEMETRIOS

Historical Reality and Russian Supernatural Beings / OINAS, FELIX J.

Some Findings Concerning the Nomenclature and Functions of Certain Lacandon Mayan Deities / PETRYSHYN, JAROSLAW THEODORE

The Moon-Mythical Character of the God Yü-huang / TU ER-WEI, JOHN

Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru? / WASSÉN, S. HENRY

Epilogue / SARAF, SAMARENDRA

Biographical Notes

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110805840

3110805847

OCLC:

979763109