![]() These original investigations reveal a nuanced approach to understanding social action, innovation, and the revitalization of tradition in colonial and post-colonial societies undergoing rapid social transformation.ĭouglas Farrer is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Guam. From Chinese exorcists, Javanese spirit siblings, and black magic in Sumatra to Tamil Tiger suicide bombers, Chamorro spiritual re-enchantment, tantric Buddhist war magic, and Yanomami dark shamans, religion and magic are re-evaluated not just from the practitioner’s perspective but through the victim’s lived experience. The authors go beyond what magic ‘represents’ to consider what magic does. Documenting war magic and warrior religion as they are performed in diverse cultures and across historical time periods, this volume foregrounds embodiment, practice, and performance in anthropological approaches to magic, sorcery, shamanism, and religion. This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and the dead. John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore."This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." “War Magic is a significant new look at some old questions, and while the collected essays are relatively few and brief, they are important and interesting… we can only hope that the volume will spur more attention to the subject of malicious spiritual power, which in turn should shed light on prominent problems like holy war and fundamentalist terrorism.” Index War Magic Religion, Sorcery, and Performance Edited by D. War Magic and Just War in Indian Tantric Buddhism Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial DominationĬhapter 7. Shamanic Battleground in VenezuelaĬhapter 6. Tamil Tiger Ritual, War, and Mystical EmpowermentĬhapter 5. ![]() ![]() Discourse of Decline: Sumatran Perspectives on Black MagicĬhapter 4. ![]() Javanese Ritual Initiation: Invulnerability, Authority, and Spiritual ImprovementĬhapter 3. Tangki War Magic: Spirit Warfare in SingaporeĬhapter 2. Introduction: War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and PerformanceĬhapter 1. ![]()
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