Stan Royal Mumford (1936-1993) was associate professor and chair of the department of anthropology and sociology at Albertson College of Idaho. His work has appeared in the American Anthropologist, Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly, and other journals. Himalayan Dialogue is the result of three years of fieldwork in Nepal, supported by Princeton University and by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Research Area Map
I. Lamas and Shamans
Introduction
1. Unbounded and Layered Cultures
2. Hierarchy and Narrative Memory
II. Rituals of Life
3. Shamanic Sacrifice and Buddhist Renunciation
4. Repudiation of the Red Offering
5. Reciprocal Exchange with the Underworld Serpent Deities (klu)
6. Rites of Defense: Serving the Guardian Deities (btsan)
7. Rites of Exorcism: Expelling the Demons (bdud)
III. Rituals of Death
8. Soul Calling and the Shamanic Matrix
9. Death Cult of the Ghyabre Shaman
10. Tibetan Death Rite
IV. Historical Consciousness
11. Dialogue of Good and Evil Eras
Conclusion
Appendix A. Local Text Written by Lama Chog Lingpa
Appendix B. Local Text of Srungma rDo-rje Shugs-ldan
Bibliography
Index