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This volume considers spirit possession in the Himalayas and the various ways in which invisible powers are made present. It does so by examining material representations of these powers through artefacts, animals, plants and natural substances, while also focusing on narratives of people's encounters with the invisible that may help them to reconfigure reality. Through these two approaches, the contributions examine new phenomena associated with the concepts of "possession" and "shamanism", which otherwise tend to lead research into well-worn furrows. The book addresses a range of themes, including the gods of the Western Himalayas, death and ritual dissolution among Hyolmo Buddhists in Nepal, gods and rivers as legal persons in India, and the problem of conversion disorder in Nepal.
Rich in ethnography, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of anthropology, religion, spiritualism, sociology of religion, Himalayan studies, sociology and South Asia.
Contents
Encounters with the Invisible: an introduction Part I - The pluridimensional self Chapter 1: The Art of Surrender Chapter 2: The Gods of the Western Himalaya as Agents and as Intentional Beings Chapter 3: Reluctant Shamans: On the Limits of Human Agency and the Power of Partible Souls among the Kham Magars of Nepal Chapter 4: Spirit dispossession in the Nepal Himalayas: Death and ritual dissolution among Hyolmo Buddhists Part II - Techniques of encounter with the Invisible Chapter 5: Beseeching, Summoning, Luring: The Orchestration of Rituals Chapter 6: Shamans, Ethnographers, Mimesis: The visible invisible among the Dumi Rai of Eastern Nepal Chapter 7: "In the Middle of Time": Performative and Musical Aspects of a Spirit Possession Ritual in Uttarakhand-Himalayas Chapter 8: Dialogues with Rice. Materiality of Oracular Encounters in the Himalayan Region of Garhwal Chapter 9: Shaman's Adventures in Spiritland: Ways of knowing the Unknown among he Kulung Rai of Eastern Nepal Chapter 10: The Mediums' Dance and Iconographic Silences. Medieval representations of oracular practices in the Karnali River Basin (West Nepal) Part III- When the invisible face new normativities Chapter 11: Gods and Rivers as Legal Persons in India Chapter 12: The Threatening Invisibility of the Christian God and its Consequences among the Chepang (Nepal) Chapter 13: Beneath the Symptoms: The Problem of Conversion Disorder in Nepal
