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The Seen and the unseen : shamanism, mediumship and possession in Borneo

Title
The Seen and the unseen : shamanism, mediumship and possession in Borneo / edited by Robert L. Winzeler.
Publication
Williamsburg, VA : Borneo Research Council, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Winzeler, Robert L.
  • Borneo Research Council (Williamsburg, Va.)
Description
xxxiii, 324 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Borneo Research Council monograph series ; v. 2
Subject
  • Shamanism > Borneo
  • Spiritualism > Borneo
  • Borneo > Religion
  • Borneo > Religious life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
To converse with the gods : Rungus spirit mediums -- To do battle with the spirits : Bulusu ́spirit mediums -- Shamanism among the Oya Melanau -- From shamans to priests : towards the professionalization of religious specialists among the Kayan -- Canoes for the spirits : two types of spirit mediumship in central Kalimantan -- The shaman's destiny : symptoms, affliction, and the re-interpretation of illness among the Taman -- Spirit possession as exculpation : the Chinese of Sarawak.
ISBN
0962956813
LCCN
93072413
OCLC
  • ocm29764023
  • SCSB-2039098
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library