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Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism

Secret Cultural Practices in India
 
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Short description:

This book is one of the rare collections where black magic, occult practices and witchcraft are recorded and academically analyzed.

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Black magic, occult practices and witchcraft still evoke huge curiosity, interest and amazement in the minds of people. Although witchcraft in Europe has been a widely studied phenomenon, black magic and occult are not yet a popular theme of academic research, even though India is known as a land of magic, tantra and occult. The Indian State of Assam was historically feared as the land of Kamrup-Kamakhya, black magic, witchcraft and occultic practices. It was where different Tantric cults as well as other occult practices thrived. The Khasi Hills are known for the practice of snake vampire worship. The village of Mayong is the village, where magic and occult is still practiced as a living tradition.


This book is one of the rarest collections where such practices are researched, recorded and academically analyzed. It is one of those collections where studies of all three practices of Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occult are comibned into one single book.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction


Sajal Nag


PART I: TANTRA AND ESOTERISM


1. Vaishnavite Occult Practices in Medieval Assamese Society: A History of Acceptance and Defiance


Chandan Kumar Sarma


2. Kec"aikh"at?, Eater of Raw Flesh: A Profile of the Multifaceted Goddess in North-East


Jae-Eun Shin


3. Witchcraft, Sorcery and Tantricism in the Khasi Pnar Society


Hermina B. Lakiang


4. Magic, Religion and Mother Goddess Kamakhya: Esoteric Practices in Assam


Archana Barua


PART II: PRACTICES OF OCCULT


5. Some Astronomical Beliefs in the North-East and other Parts of India


J.H. Hutton


6. Remnants of Spiritual/Faith Healing System among the Lepcha and Limbu Communities in Sikkim


Mahendra Prasad Gurung & E .K. Santha


7. Leopard-Men in the Naga Hills


J.H. Hutton


8. U Thlen?The Snake Vampire: Belief and Practice among the Khasi


TEJIMALA GURUNG NAG


9. Chon Ritual and Head Hunting among the Kukis of North-East India


TINGNEILAM THANGEW


10. Human Sacrifice in Assam


EDWARD GAIT


11. Bej Bejali in the Assamese Socio-cultural Context


VANDANA GOSWAMI


12. Mayong: The Land of the Occult


ASSADUZZAMAN


PART III: MAGIC, SUPERNATURALISM


AND DIVINITY


13. Magical Attributes: Some Glimpses from Medieval India


M. PARWEZ


14. The Divine Origin, but Not Right, of Khasi Kings


KYNPHAM SINS NONGKYNRIH


15. Supernatural Belief of the Kuki: A Case Study of Witchcraft and its Cures


D.L. HAOKIP


16. ?White Magic? Practices of the Adivasis of Jungle Mahals: A Different World View


NIRMAL KUMAR MAHATO


17. Satanic Cult among the Christian Tribes of the North-East India


PHOIBI LALNIROPUI TUOLOR


18. Sylvan Spirits and Cultural Practices in Assam


RAJIB HANDIQUE


PART IV: WITCHCRAFT AND WITCH HUNTING


19. Witchcraft Viewed through the Legal Lens in Jharkhand: A Study of Witchcraft Practices and the Anti-Witchcraft Law in Jharkhand


BASHABI GUPTA


20. Witchcraft: Power Relations and Totemism of the Bodos


DINA SWARGIARI


21. Notions of Witchcraft among the Khamtis of Arunachal Pradesh


TAGE HABUNG & RANJEETA MANNOW


22. Society, Belief and Practice: Witchcraft and Witch Hunting in Assam


JAHNABI GOGOI NATH


23. The Enchanted Community: Kaose and Doi (Witchcraft) among the Kukis of North-East India


JANGKHOMANG GUITE


24. Witchcraft, Witch Hunting, Gender and Property Relationship


NIKITA SHANDILYA


25. Women as Witches, Women as Homo Sacer: A Study of Contemporary Witch Hunting


OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA


26. Witchcraft Practices in the Plantations of Upper Assam: A Case of the Santhals


OLYMPIA KURMI AND SARAH HILALY


27. Magic and Witchcraft (Dawi) among the Mizos


ROHMINGMAWII


28. Practice of Witchcraft among the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh


SARAH HILALY


29. Practice of Witchcraft among the Rabhas of Assam


BARNALI SHARMA


30. Contextualizing Witch Hunting Practices in Assam


DEBARSHI PRASAD NATH


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