“This landmark volume throws fresh light on … questions … on some of the most prominent forms of spirit address, possession and mediumship [in Southeast Asian Buddhism]. It convincingly argues that these practices are far from being remnants of rural beliefs that will wither away with the spread of disenchanted modernity. On the contrary, as the rich anthropological research presented here shows, they are contemporary, urban, modern and continuously growing.”
“This landmark volume throws fresh light on … questions … on some of the most prominent forms of spirit address, possession and mediumship [in Southeast Asian Buddhism]. It convincingly argues that these practices are far from being remnants of rural beliefs that will wither away with the spread of disenchanted modernity. On the contrary, as the rich anthropological research presented here shows, they are contemporary, urban, modern and continuously growing.”
