God of Justice: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central HimalayasIn 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 on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity. |
Contents
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2 God of Justice | 25 |
3 Landscape Memory and Ritual | 51 |
4 Oracles Gurus and Distributed Agency | 93 |
5 Rituals of Family Unity | 135 |
6 Families and Their Ghosts | 165 |
7 Sending the God Back | 201 |
Ritual Healing and Modernity | 231 |
Appendix | 249 |
Notes | 257 |
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God of Justice: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas William S Sax Limited preview - 2009 |
God of Justice: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas William S Sax Limited preview - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
Adesh affliction agency ancestor animal asked Badrinath began Bhagwan Bhairav bhu¯t Bhula Singh body Brahman brother called caste Chamoli District chapter chhal puja chhaya client cremation ground cult cultural curse Dabar dance Darpal daughter deity demons devta dhyani ethnographic exorcism father Garhwal Gaurja ghost song girl goat goddess gods guru hamkar hamkar puja hands Harijans healing rituals high-caste Himalayas Hindu huraki husband Jagdish Jasu Bhartwal jethani kabar Kachiya Kaldu lamp land later living Look low-caste Madan Singh mait Makkhan mām mantra Masan modern mother oh ghost oracle oracular consultation path performed person photo by William pithaim possessed problems puja Rajput recited rice grains ritual healing rupees Sacchu sacrifice says Shiva Shrinagar shrine siddhi sing social someone speak story Sumeda summoned Surendra tell thali things timaru told Uttarakhand village wayfarer weeping wife woman women worship