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      In the Valley of the Kauravas

      William S. Sax

      In Western Himalaya, local gods are seen to rule as kings, communicating with their subjects through their human oracles. They remain central in modern society, and In the Valley of…

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      God of Justice: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas

      William S. Sax

      In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based…

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      William S. Sax

      In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based…

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      The Gods at Play: Lila in South Asia

      This is a collection of mostly unpublished essays on lila – a Hindu concept meaning divine play that is at once a theological, dramaturgical, and aesthetic category. Although lila is…

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      Mountain Goddess

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      Every few decades, thousands of Hindu villagers in the Central Himalayas of North India carry their regional goddess Nandadevi in a bridal palanquin to her husband Shiva’s home, walking barefoot…

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      The Law of Possession: Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State

      Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. The Law of Possession…

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      The Law of Possession: Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State

      Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. The Law of Possession…

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      Asymmetrical Conversations: Contestations, Circumventions, and the Blurring of Therapeutic Boundaries

      Ideas about health are reinforced by institutions and their corresponding practices, such as donning a patient’s gown in a hospital or prostrating before a healing shrine. Even though we are…

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      Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal

      William S. Sax (Professor of South Asian Anthropology, Professor of South Asian Anthropology, University of Heidelberg)

      Over a period of ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal, located in north India. These people are deeply devoted to the great Indian…

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      Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal

      William S. Sax (Professor of South Asian Anthropology, Professor of South Asian Anthropology, University of Heidelberg)

      Over a period of ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal, located in north India. These people are deeply devoted to the great Indian…

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      The Writings of William Paterson … with Biographical Notices of the Author, His Contemporaries, and His Race. Edited by S. Bannister. Vol. I

      William Paterson (Edinburgh University),Saxe Bannister

      Title: The Writings of William Paterson … with biographical notices of the author, his contemporaries, and his race. Edited by S. Bannister.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is…

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      The Writings of William Paterson … with biographical notices of the author, his contemporaries, and his race. Edited by S. Bannister. Vol. II. Second Edition.

      William Paterson (Edinburgh University),Saxe Bannister

      Title: The Writings of William Paterson … with biographical notices of the author, his contemporaries, and his race. Edited by S. Bannister.

      Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

      The British…

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