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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Preface to the Expanded Edition; I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE The Study of Supernaturalism; The Problem; The Setting; Research Methods; II THE TYPES OF SUPERNATURALISM; CHAPTER TWO Witches; The Belief System; The Ritual System; The Quality of Belief; CHAPTER THREE Ghosts and Demons; The Belief System; The Ritual System; The Quality of Belief; CHAPTER FOUR Nats; The Belief Systems: A Typology; The Quality of Belief; CHAPTER FIVE Supernaturalism: Some Explanations; A Note on Explanation |
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The Supernatural Types: A Background ExplanationSupernatural Belief: A Perceptual Explanation; Supernatural Belief: A Motivational Explanation; Supernatural Belief: A Cognitive Explanation; III THE THIRTY-SEVEN NATS; CHAPTER SIX The Thirty-Seven Nats: A Typology; Introduction; House Nat; Village Nats; ""Mother's Side, Father's Side"" Nats; Public-Works Nats; CHAPTER SEVEN The Thirty-Seven Nats: The Public Cultus; Types of Festivals; Some Minor Festivals; A National Festival: Taungbyon; CHAPTER EIGHT The Thirty-Seven Nats: Some Explanations; The Nat Types: A Structural Explanation |
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The Nat System: A Political ExplanationThe Nat Cultus: A Motivational Explanation; IV ILLNESS AND SUPERNATURALISM; CHAPTER NINE Supernaturally Caused Illness and Its Treatment; The Belief System; A Note on Medical Practitioners; The Treatment Process; CHAPTER TEN Possession; A Note on Possession, -- Some Case Histories; A Motivational Explanation; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Exorcistic Seance; A Case Study; A Psychotherapeutic Explanation; V SUPERNATURAL PRACTITIONERS; CHAPTER TWELVE The Shaman; Description of the Role; Recruitment to the Role; A Motivational Explanation of the Shaman |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN The ExorcistDescription of the Role; Recruitment to the Role; A Motivational Explanation of the Exorcist; A Cultural-Historical Explanation of the Exorcist Role; VI CONCLUSION; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Supernaturalism and Buddhism; Conflict: Real and Apparent; The Doctrinal Conflict; The Conflict in Ethos; Two Religions; The Primacy of Buddhism; References Cited; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Animism -- Burma
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Supernatural.
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supernatural.
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Animism
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Supernatural
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Burma -- Religious life and customs
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Burma
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Spiro, Melford E
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| ISBN |
9781351530385 |
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1351530380 |
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