Acri, Andrea and Rosati, Paolo E <br/><br/>
Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins 

 -  Reprint 
 - London  Routledge  2024 
 - 218p 
<br/><br/>1 More pre-Tantric sources of Tantrism: Skulls and skull-cups<br/>RONALD M DAVIDSON<br/><br/>2 Charnel ground items, smäsänikas, and the question of the magical<br/>substratum of the early Tantras<br/><br/>ALEKSANDRA WENTA AND ANDREA ACRI<br/>3 Shamans and Bhuta Tantrikas: A shared genealogy?<br/>MICHAEL SLOUBER<br/><br/>4 Female Ganesa or independent deity?: Tracing the<br/>background of the elephant-faced goddess in mediaeval<br/>Saiva Tantric traditions<br/><br/>CHIARA POLICARDI<br/>5 Crossing the boundaries of sex, blood, and magic in<br/>the Tantric cult of Kamakhyā<br/>PAOLO E ROSATI<br/>6 'Let us now invoke the three celestial lights of Fire, Sun and Moon<br/>into ourselves': Magic or everyday practice? Revising Existentiality<br/>for an emic understanding of Śrividya<br/>MONIKA HIRMER<br/>7. Narrative folklore of Khyaḥ from Tantra to popular beliefs:<br/>Supernatural experiences at the margins among<br/>Newar communities in the Kathmandu Valley<br/>FABIO ARMAND<br/>8. Magical Tantra in Bengal, Bali, and Java: From<br/>piśāca tantrikas to balians and dukuns<br/>JUNE MCDANIEL<br/>9. Tantrism and the weretiger lore of Burma, Thailand,<br/>and Cambodia<br/>FRANCESCO BRIGHENTI 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032725833 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>S34.1  / AC760