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Contents Preface Introduction 1 Shamanism 1.1 Prologue 1.2 What is Shamanism? 1.3 Shamanism and Altered States of Consciousness 1.4 Spirit-Possession and Shamanism 1.5 Siberian and Inner Asian Shamanism 1.6 Inuit Shamanism 1.7 Neo-Shamanism 1.8 Comparative Studies 1.9 The Interpretation of Shamanism 2 Buddhism and Spirit-Cults 2.1 Prologue 2.2 The Buddhist Dharma 2.3 Buddhism and Nat Cults in Burma 2.4 Buddhism and Spirit-Cults in Thailand 2.5 Religious Change in Sri Lanka 2.6 Buddhism and Folk Religion in Tibet 2.7 Buddhism and the State 3 Islam and Popular Religion 3.1 Prologue 3.2 The Islamic Tradition 3.3 Zar Cults in Northern Somalia 3.4 Zar Cults in the Sudan 3.5 The Saints and Scholars of Islam 3.6 The Hamadsha: A Sufi Brotherhood in Morocco 3.7 Religion and Politics in Morocco 4 Hinduism and New ReligiousMovements 4.1 Prologue 4.2 Sanskritic Hinduism 4.3 Popular Hinduism 4.4 Cult of the Goddess 4.5 Bhakti Cults 4.6 Gurus and Hindu Nationalism 5 Christianity and Religion in Africa 5.1 The Christian Tradition 5.2 Prologue on African Religion 5.3 TheWorld of Kongo Belief 5.4 Prophetic Movements in Lower Zaire 5.5 Religious Change in Zambia 5.6 Religious Movements in Zambia 5.7 Tshidi Barolong Cosmology 5.8 Zionist Churches in South Africa 6 African-American Religions 6.1 Prologue 6.2 Vodou in Haiti 6.3 Vodou Rituals 6.4 Religions of Jamaica 6.5 The Rastafari Movement 6.6 Rastafarai Beliefs and Practices 6.7 Religions of Brazil 7 Religions inMelanesia 7.1 Prologue 7.2 Kwaio Religion 7.3 Religion and Ecology 7.4 Millenarian Movements in Melanesia 7.5 Road Belong Cargo 7.6 The Interpretation of Millenarian Movements 8 Neopaganism and the New AgeMovement 8.1 Prologue 8.2 The Contemporary Neopagan Revival 8.3 The Roots of NeopaganWitchcraft 8.4 Pagan Pathways 8.5 TheWestern Mystery Tradition 8.6 Contemporary Ritual Magic 8.7 New Age Spirituality Conclusions References Index
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Ethnology -- Religious aspects.
Religions.