Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins

1 More pre-Tantric sources of Tantrism: Skulls and skull-cups
RONALD M DAVIDSON

2 Charnel ground items, smäsänikas, and the question of the magical
substratum of the early Tantras

ALEKSANDRA WENTA AND ANDREA ACRI
3 Shamans and Bhuta Tantrikas: A shared genealogy?
MICHAEL SLOUBER

4 Female Ganesa or independent deity?: Tracing the
background of the elephant-faced goddess in mediaeval
Saiva Tantric traditions

CHIARA POLICARDI
5 Crossing the boundaries of sex, blood, and magic in
the Tantric cult of Kamakhyā
PAOLO E ROSATI
6 'Let us now invoke the three celestial lights of Fire, Sun and Moon
into ourselves': Magic or everyday practice? Revising Existentiality
for an emic understanding of Śrividya
MONIKA HIRMER
7. Narrative folklore of Khyaḥ from Tantra to popular beliefs:
Supernatural experiences at the margins among
Newar communities in the Kathmandu Valley
FABIO ARMAND
8. Magical Tantra in Bengal, Bali, and Java: From
piśāca tantrikas to balians and dukuns
JUNE MCDANIEL
9. Tantrism and the weretiger lore of Burma, Thailand,
and Cambodia
FRANCESCO BRIGHENTI