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Papers Presented To The Ixth International Congress Of Anthropological And Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973. Introduction / Agehananda Bharati -- Neo-hindu Acculturation: An Alternative To Instant Chemical Religion / Robert J. Fornaro -- Lévi-strauss In Fairyland / Lorna Mcdougall -- Gods, Kings, And The Caste System In India / L.k. Mahapatra -- Shamanism As A Profession / R.o. Manning -- Religion And Human Play / Edward Norbeck -- The Akan Stool Polity: A Political Organization / Alfred Kofi Quarcoo -- Religious Change In A Northern Nigerian Emirate / Frank A. Salamone -- Deified Men And Humanized Gods: Some Folk Bases Of Hindu Theology / A. Aiyappan -- Shamanism In Central Asia / V. Basilov -- Shaman And Priest In Yucatán Pentecostalism / Felicitas D. Goodman -- Sense Stimulation And Ritual Response: Classifying The Religious Symbolism Of The Persian And Yemenite Jews / Laurence D. Loeb -- Characteristics Of Sisala Diviners / Eugene L. Mendonsa -- The Goddess Cult In The Hebrew-jewish Religion / Raphael Patai -- Tibetan Oracles / Prince Peter Of Greece & Denmark -- Breaking Ties With Deceased Spouse / Paul C. Rosenblatt, R. Patricia Walsh, & Douglas A. Jackson -- The Spirit Rides Or The Spirit Comes: Possession In A North Indian Village / Susan S. Wadley -- The Shamanistic Element In Taiwanese Folk Religion / Mitsuo Suzuki -- The Study Of Shamanism Among The Peoples Of Siberia And The North / I.s. Vdovin -- Altered States Of Consciousness In Northern Iroquoian Ritual / Barbara W. Lex -- Shamanism, Trance, Hallucinogens, And Psychical Events: Concepts, Methods, And Techniques For Fieldwork Among Primitives / Joseph K. Long -- The Cultural-historical Origin Of Shamanism / Horst Nachtigall -- The Role Of Women In The Male Cults Of The Soromaja In New Guinea / Gottfried Oosterwal -- Certain Aspects Of The Study Of Siberian Shamanism / L.p. Potapov -- Learning Of Psychodynamics, History, Diagnosis Management Therapy By A Kali Cult Indigenous Healer In Guiana / Philip Singer, Enrique Araneta, & Jamsie Naidoo -- A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power And Balance / Douglas Sharon -- Esoteric Rituals In Japanese Traditional Secret Societies: A Study Of The Death And Rebirth Motif / Tsuneo Ayabe -- Ritual, Myth, And The Murdered President / Dorothy Willner -- Pandharpur Priesthood: Its Changing Role, Functions, And Future / G.v. Dingre -- An Anthropomorphic Shamanic Musical Instrument From The Eighth To Twelfth Centuries A.d. / A. Kralovánsky -- Rousalia: The Ritual Worship Of The Dead / F.k. Litsas -- Personification Of Capes And Rocks In The Helenic Seas / Demetrios Loukatos -- Historical Reality And Russian Supernatural Beings / Felix J. Oinas -- Some Findings Concerning The Nomenclature And Functions Of Certain Lacandon Mayan Deities / Jaroslow T. Petryshyn -- The Moon-mythical Character Of The God Yü-huang / John Tu Er-wei -- Was Espingo (ispincu) Of Psychotropic And Intoxicating Importance For The Shamans In Peru? / S. Henry Wassen -- Epilogue / Samarendra Saraf. Ed. Agehananda Bharati. Includes Bibliographies And Index.