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Monks and magic: an analysis of religious ceremonies in central Thailand
Studentlitteratur ; Curzon Press • (24) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 2, 8, 296 , 4 plates
By: Terwiel, B. J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph describes religious practices in rural Thailand with an emphasis on the discrepancy between “pure” Buddhism and the practice of magic. Terwiel describes children and religion; adolescents, amulets, and tattooing; the monkhood experience; leaving the order, courting and marriage; building a house; the precepts and ritual; the pursuit of beneficial KARMA; and old age, death, and the procedures which seem to be effective (p. 278).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Body alterations
- Dwellings
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious beliefs
- Religious practices
- Ecclesiastical organization
- Senescence
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Thai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wád Saancâw monastery, near Ratburi, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- by B. J. Terwiel
- Based on the author's thesis, Australian National University, 1971
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-296)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78309344
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Thais