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Redefining Pilgrimage - New Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Pilgrimages (Paperback): Anton M. Pazos Redefining Pilgrimage - New Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Pilgrimages (Paperback)
Anton M. Pazos
R1,321 Discovery Miles 13 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology. Leading contributors offer a broad range of case studies from a wide geographical area, exploring new ways of approaching pilgrimage beyond the classical religious model. Re-thinking the global phenomenon of pilgrimages in the 21st century, this book offers new perspectives to redefine pilgrimage.

Mastering Astral Projection - 90-Day Guide To Out-Of-Body Experience (Paperback): Robert Bruce, Brian Mercer Mastering Astral Projection - 90-Day Guide To Out-Of-Body Experience (Paperback)
Robert Bruce, Brian Mercer
R831 R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Save R132 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Projecting out-of-body requires a delicate balance of mind, body, and spirit. Mastering Astral Projection offers everyone the opportunity to explore nonphysical dimensions and learn more about their spirituality. This practical guide to achieving conscious out-of-body experiences is based upon Robert Bruce's extensive knowledge of astral projection, Brian Mercer's methods for personal success, and valuable feedback from volunteers who have tested this program. Presented in an easy-to-follow workbook format, the thirteen-week program introduces astral projection methods and provides daily exercises that progressively prepares and trains readers for this incredible, life-changing experience.

2005 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) 2nd Runner Up of Interactive Sideline category

Essential Chakra Meditation - Awaken Your Healing Power with Meditation and Visualization (Paperback): April Pfender Essential Chakra Meditation - Awaken Your Healing Power with Meditation and Visualization (Paperback)
April Pfender
R329 R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Save R51 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Becoming God's Canvas - A Spiritualist's Guide to Going Through an Awakening (Hardcover): Leia M Vieira Becoming God's Canvas - A Spiritualist's Guide to Going Through an Awakening (Hardcover)
Leia M Vieira
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Journey of Souls - Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Paperback, 18th printing): Michael Newton Journey of Souls - Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Paperback, 18th printing)
Michael Newton 1
R493 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R84 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learn the latest details and most recent groundbreaking discoveries that reveal, for the first time, the mystery of life in the spirit world after death on Earth--proof that our consciousness survives--in "Journey of Souls" by Michael Newton, Ph.D.
Using a special hypnosis technique to reach the hidden memories of subjects, Dr. Newton discovered some amazing insights into what happens to us between lives. "Journey of Souls" is the record of 29 people who recalled their experiences between physical deaths. Through their extraordinary stories, you will learn specifics about:
-How it feels to die
-What you see and feel right after death
-The truth about "spiritual guides"
-What happens to "disturbed" souls
-Why you are assigned to certain soul groups in the spirit world and what you do there
- How you choose another body to return to Earth
-The different levels of souls: beginning, intermediate, and advanced
-When and where you first learn to recognize soulmates on Earth
-The purpose of life
"Journey of Souls" is a graphic record or "travel log" by these people of what happens between lives on Earth. They give specific details as they movingly describe their astounding experiences.
After reading "Journey of Souls, " you will gain a better understanding of the immortality of the human soul. You will meet day-to-day challenges with a greater sense of purpose. You will begin to understand the reasons behind events in your own life.
"Journey of Souls" is a life-changing book. Already, over 165,000 people have taken "Journey of Souls" to heart, giving them hope in trying times. You should read a copy, too.

Vernacular Religion - Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano (Paperback): Deborah Dash Moore Vernacular Religion - Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano (Paperback)
Deborah Dash Moore; Foreword by Judith Weisenfeld
R778 R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Save R88 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studies In 1995, Leonard Norman Primiano introduced the idea of "vernacular religion." He coined this term to overcome the denigration implied in the concept of "folk religion" or "popular religion," which was juxtaposed to "elite religion." This two-tiered model suggested that religion existed somewhere in a pure form and that the folk version transforms it. Instead, Primiano urged scholars to adopt an inductive approach to the study of religion and to pay attention to experiential aspects of belief systems, ultimately redressing a heritage of scholarly misinterpretation. Here for the first time, Leonard Norman Primiano's pioneering works have been collected into one volume, providing a foundational look at one of the preeminent scholars of twentieth-century religious studies. Vernacular Religion makes visible the dimensions of vernacular religion in North America, exemplifying the richness of its ability to explain key facets of American society, including especially thorny issues around race and sexuality. The volume also demonstrates a method of abiding engagement, the creation of ongoing relationships with those who are studied, and how the relationship between scholars and the communities they study inform an ethics of critical commitment-what Primiano calls an "ethnography of collaboration and reciprocity." This posthumous collection, edited by Deborah Dash Moore, brings together key studies in vernacular religion that explore its expression among such varied groups as Catholics, LGBTQ Christians, and the followers of Father Divine. Vernacular Religion models empathetic ethnographic engagement that embraces American religion in all its rich diversity, illuminating Primiano's enduring legacy.

Embodiment - Phenomenological, Religious and Deconstructive Views on Living and Dying (Paperback): Ramona Fotiade, David... Embodiment - Phenomenological, Religious and Deconstructive Views on Living and Dying (Paperback)
Ramona Fotiade, David Jasper, Olivier Salazar-Ferrer
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines a number of landmark shifts in our account of the relationship between human and divine existence, as reflected through the perception of time and corporeal experience. Drawing together some of the best scholars in the field, this book provides a representative cross-section of influential trends in the philosophy of religion (e.g. phenomenology, existential thought, Biblical hermeneutics, deconstruction) that have shaped our understanding of the body in its profane and sacred dimensions as site of conflicting discourses on presence and absence, subjectivity and the death of the subject, mortality, resurrection and eternal life.

Spiritual Art and Art Education (Paperback): Janis Lander Spiritual Art and Art Education (Paperback)
Janis Lander
R1,416 Discovery Miles 14 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a study of contemporary spirituality as it is practiced in the world today, characterized by its secular and inclusive nature, and applied to art and art education. It identifies the issues facing a formal introduction of contemporary spiritual concepts into a secular and multicultural arts educational environment. Lander begins by separating the notion of "the spiritual" from the study of organized religions. She uses examples of art from different cultures in contemporary spiritual systems, making the study a reference book for contemporary spirituality and spirituality in art education, with usable definitions and practical examples suitable for scholars in art and visual studies, art education, and contemporary spirituality.

Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India - The Sri Math and the Jagadguru Ramanandacarya in the Evolution of the... Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India - The Sri Math and the Jagadguru Ramanandacarya in the Evolution of the Ramanandi Sampradaya (Hardcover)
Daniela Bevilacqua
R4,170 Discovery Miles 41 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Modern Hindu Traditionalism addresses Hindu traditions that resisted contact with both Neo-Hindu thought and views of "classical" Hinduism perceived to be outmoded. This book provides an in-depth understanding of Modern Hindu Traditionalism through the case study of the Ramanandi order (sampradaya) and the portrait of the Jagadguru Ramanandacarya Ramnaresacarya. This guru belongs to the ancient tradition of the Ramanandi order, which is active at the present time and the biggest Vaisnava religious order in Northern India. Analyzing the historical evolution of the Ramanandi order, the author shows how different centers have undergone different changes over the centuries, and focuses on the independence struggle of a group of Ramanandis from the Ramanujis, which led to the creation of the role of Jagadguru Ramanandacarya and the construction of the Sri Math. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this book casts light on figures and processes central to the development of Hinduism in the twentieth and twenty-first century and consequently describes the role of religion in contemporary Indian society. The author examines the role religious institutions and their leaders have in the everyday life of individuals, how they interact with and in the society, and how they approach and interpret social and political issues. The Ramanandis' use of new methods of communication, in particular social media, is an innovative part of the study. A welcome innovation in the studies of South Asian religion, this book will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, and scholars of Hinduism and religion and politics.

With Folded Wings (Hardcover): Stewart Edward White With Folded Wings (Hardcover)
Stewart Edward White
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (Hardcover, Second Edition): George D. Chryssides Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (Hardcover, Second Edition)
George D. Chryssides
R2,673 Discovery Miles 26 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New religious movements commonly known as cults are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements."

A Journey to Waco - Autobiography of a Branch Davidian (Paperback): Clive Doyle A Journey to Waco - Autobiography of a Branch Davidian (Paperback)
Clive Doyle; As told to Catherine Wessinger, Matthew D. Wittmer
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nearly twenty years after they happened, the ATF and FBI assaults on the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas remain the most deadly law enforcement action on American soil. The raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents on February 28, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians, precipitated a 51-day siege conducted by the FBI. The FBI tank and gas assault on the residence at Mount Carmel Center on April 19 culminated in a fire that killed 53 adults and 23 children, with only nine survivors. In A Journey to Waco, survivor Clive Doyle not only takes readers inside the tragic fire and its aftermath, but he also tells the larger story of how and why he joined the Branch Davidians, how the Branch Davidian community developed, and the status of survivors. While the media and official reports painted one picture of the Branch Davidians and the two assaults, A Journey to Waco shares a much more personal account of the ATF raid, the siege, and the final assault that details events unreported by the media. A Journey to Waco presents what the Branch Davidians believed and introduces readers to the community's members, including David Koresh. A Journey to Waco is a personal account of one man's journey with the Branch Davidians, through the tragic fire, and beyond.

Around the World in 80 Spiritual Places - Discover the Wonder of Sacred and Meaningful Destinations (Hardcover): Alice Peck Around the World in 80 Spiritual Places - Discover the Wonder of Sacred and Meaningful Destinations (Hardcover)
Alice Peck
R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover some of the world’s most awe-inspiring and holy places, from Stonehenge to Uluru, and Walden Pond to Angkor Wat. Humans have always searched for and created meaning in the world around them, whether in breathtakingly stunning natural features and phenomena, acknowledging the ancient home of a particular faith or movement, or honouring the location of a significant event. In this beautifully illustrated guide, Alice Peck discusses what makes a place spiritual – whether reaches of time, geography, the provision of sustenance or inspiration, or mystery and magic – and then explores 80 such locations around the globe. Rather than a comprehensive travel guide, the description of each one includes a detail or tip – something beautiful, strange, relatively unknown or unfamiliar – to allow readers to deepen their focus and perhaps experience the place in a different way than they might expect. If you are unable to travel at this time, this book will help you plan your next adventure. And if you are trying to limit your carbon footprint, each destination is accompanied by a related meditation, prayer, practice or quotation to help you connect to the spirit of it from your own home.

Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Hardcover): Christopher C. H.... Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Hardcover)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Julienne McLean, Peter Tyler
R3,868 Discovery Miles 38 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice several leading scholars explore key themes within the Christian mystical tradition, contemporary and historical. The overall aim of the book is to demonstrate the relevance of mystical theology to contemporary spiritual practice. Attention is given to the works of Baron von Hugel, Vladimir Lossky, Margery Kempe, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Merton, and Francisco de Osuna, as well as to a wide range of spiritual practices, including pilgrimage, spiritual direction, contemplative prayer and the quotidian spirituality of the New Monasticism. Christian mystical theology is shown to be a living tradition, which has vibrant and creative new expressions in contemporary spiritual practice. It is argued that mystical theology affirms something both ordinary and extraordinary which is fundamental to the Christian experience of prayer.

Revival: The Return of the Primitive (2001) - A New Sociological Theory of Religion (Hardcover): Richard K Fenn Revival: The Return of the Primitive (2001) - A New Sociological Theory of Religion (Hardcover)
Richard K Fenn
R3,034 Discovery Miles 30 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2001. This work presents a sociological theory of religion. Richard K. Fenn demonstrates that the shape of the sacred depends on what aspects of the psyche and of the environment seem to be beyond the pale of the human and the social, that is, the primitive. Whatever is anti-social or subhuman, and whatever subverts the reign of convention, or whatever defies notions of reason, represents the primitive. Indeed, the primitive represents the range of possibilities that excluded us from any society or social system. That is why hell is so often populated by those who are partly bestial, or crooked and corrupting. If there is to be a renewal of Christian thinking and aspiration in our time, it has to come from a rediscovery of the dream: not only in the metaphorical sense of a vision, perhaps of racial equality, but in the quite literal sense of the individual's own reservoir of suppressed and unconscious memories and yearnings, magical thinking and wounded or grandiose self-imagery.

Chakra Sun Signs (Hardcover): Santina Cross Chakra Sun Signs (Hardcover)
Santina Cross; Illustrated by Marla Pollock
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Chicano While Mormon - Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith (Paperback): Ignacio M. Garcia Chicano While Mormon - Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith (Paperback)
Ignacio M. Garcia
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. The narrative follows him as an immigrant boy in San Antonio, Texas, who finds religion, goes to segregated schools, participates in the first major school boycott of the modern era in Texas, goes to Viet Nam where he heads an emergency room in the Mekong Delta, and then to college where he becomes involved in the Chicano Movement. Throughout this time he juggles, struggles, and comes to terms with the religious principles that provide him the foundation for his civil rights activism and form the core of his moral compass and spiritual beliefs. In the process he pushes back against those religious traditions and customs that he sees as contrary to the most profound aspects of being a Mormon Christian. This memoir is about activism and religion on the ground and reflects the militancy of people of color whose faith drives them to engage in social action that defies simple political terminology.

Dying to Self and Detachment - James Kellenberger (Paperback): James Kellenberger Dying to Self and Detachment - James Kellenberger (Paperback)
James Kellenberger
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the religious category of dying to self, this book aims to resolve contemporary issues that relate to detachment. Beginning with an examination of humility in its general notion and as a religious virtue that detachment presupposes, Kellenberger draws on a range of ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources that address the main characteristics of detachment, including the work of Meister Eckhart, St. Teresa, and Simone Weil, as well as writers as varied as Gregory of Nyssa, Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, SAren Kierkegaard, Andrew Newberg, John Hick and Keiji Nishitani. Kellenberger explores the key issues that arise for detachment, including the place of the individual's will in detachment, the relationship of detachment to desire, to attachment to persons, and to self-love and self-respect, and issues of contemporary secular detachment such as inducement via chemicals. This book heeds the relevance of the religious virtue of detachment for those living in the twenty-first century.

Magdalene Manifestation Cards - Create Abundance through Love (Mixed media product): Danielle Rama Hoffman Magdalene Manifestation Cards - Create Abundance through Love (Mixed media product)
Danielle Rama Hoffman; Artworks by Christine Lucas
R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As Danielle Rama Hoffman reveals, each one of us has the ability to receive more, to manifest abundance in all areas of life, without sacrificing and without doing more and more and more. It is time to cast aside lack-based consciousness--and the energy of overworking, overdoing, and overthinking that goes with it--and embrace the art of feminine manifestation based on love, receptivity, and grace. In this full-colour deck and guidebook set, Hoffman presents hands-on tools and highly effective manifestation practices channeled from the Magdalene Midwives, a higher dimensional collective intelligence devoted to assisting ascension efforts on Earth. Each of the 44 cards features a Magdalene Code of Love to empower you, open your ability to receive, and awaken your natural tendencies toward prosperity and multidimensional abundance. In the guidebook, the author explains each Magdalene Code, how to co-create with them, and how they provide innovative energies of abundance that deeply nourish your love body and soul. She shows how to use the cards to create energy vortexes and Love Conception altars that harness the power of your multidimensionality to expedite manifestation, attracting money, radiant health, intimate connections with Source, nourishing relationships, or success in your thriving mission-career-business--anything which matters to you and you are aligned with. Building on the Magdalene Code manifestation techniques, Hoffman explains how to expand your energy field and love body to contribute to your evolution in consciousness with the energy of surplus and abundance. She also shows how the Codes can help remedy lightworker burnout and allow you to harness the co-creational power of the higher realms, enabling you to manifest even while you sleep.

Approaching Jonathan Edwards - The Evolution of a Persona (Paperback): Carol Ball Approaching Jonathan Edwards - The Evolution of a Persona (Paperback)
Carol Ball
R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the inner motivations of one of America's greatest religious thinkers, this book analyses the ways in which Jonathan Edwards' intense personal piety and deep experience of divine sovereignty drove an introverted intellectual along a course that would eventually develop into a mature and respected public intellectual. Throughout his life, the tension between his innately contemplative nature and the active demands of public office was a constant source of internal and public strife for Edwards. Approaching Jonathan Edwards offers a new theoretical approach to the study of Edwards, with an emphasis on his writing activity as the key strategy in shaping his legacy. Tracing Edwards' strategic self-fashioning of his persona through the many conflicts in which he was engaged, the critical turning points in his life, and his strategies for managing conflicts and crises, Carol Ball concludes that Edwards found his place as a superlative contemplative apologist and theorist of experiential spirituality.

Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology - 'Were all Men Wise and Innocent...' (Paperback):... Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology - 'Were all Men Wise and Innocent...' (Paperback)
Elizabeth S. Dodd
R1,496 Discovery Miles 14 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The seventeenth-century poet and divine Thomas Traherne finds innocence in every stage of existence. He finds it in the chaos at the origins of creation as well as in the blessed order of Eden. He finds it in the activities of grace and the hope of glory, but also in the trials of misery and even in the abyss of the Fall. Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology traces innocence through Traherne's works as it transgresses the boundaries of the estates of the soul. Using grammatical and literary categories it explores various aspects of his poetic theology of innocence, uncovering the boundless desire which is embodied in the yearning cry: 'Were all Men Wise and Innocent...' Recovering and reinterpreting a key but increasingly neglected theme in Traherne's poetic theology, this book addresses fundamental misconceptions of the meaning of innocence in his work. Through a contextual and theological approach, it indicates the unexplored richness, complexity and diversity of this theme in the history of literature and theology.

The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Paperback): Stephen Jacobs The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Paperback)
Stephen Jacobs
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational movement and an alternative global spirituality. Exploring the nature and characteristics of spirituality in the contemporary global context, Jacobs considers whether alternative spiritualities are primarily concerned with individual wellbeing and can simply be regarded as another consumer product. The book concludes that involvement in movements such as AOL is not necessarily narcissistic but can foster a sense of community and inspire altruistic activity.

Vijayanagara Voices - Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature (Paperback): William J. Jackson Vijayanagara Voices - Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature (Paperback)
William J. Jackson
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565. Conveying the depth and creativity of Hindu religious and literary expression during that time, Vijayanagara Voices explores some of the contributions made by poets, singer-saints, and philosophers. Through translations and discussions of their lives and times, Jackson presents the voices of these cultural figures and reflects on the concerns of their era, looking especially into the vivid images in their works and their legends. He examines how these images convey both spiritual insights and physical experiences with memorable candour. The studies also raise intriguing questions about the empire's origins and its response to Muslim invaders, its 'Hinduness', and reasons for its ultimate decline. Vijayanagara Voices is a book about patterns in history, literature and life in South India. By examining the culture's archetypal displays, by understanding the culture in its own terms, and by comparing associated images and ideas from other cultures, this book offers unique insights into a rich and influential period in Indian history.

The Secret of the Ages (Condensed Classics) - The Legendary Success Formula (Paperback): Robert Collier, Mitch Horowitz The Secret of the Ages (Condensed Classics) - The Legendary Success Formula (Paperback)
Robert Collier, Mitch Horowitz
R227 R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
After the Cult - Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea) (Hardcover, New): Holger Jebens After the Cult - Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea) (Hardcover, New)
Holger Jebens
R2,677 Discovery Miles 26 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The book will be of value to those who study the religions of Oceania and those who are concerned with missions and local Christianities." . Anthropos

"What Jebens has provided us on the whole, is a densely-knit and fascinating study, which will be of interest to all scholars of religion and social change in the Oceanic and Asiatic regions. His anthropological perspective illuminates areas of the everyday practice of faith and the working out of religious conflict that would not be accessible to us otherwise." . Asian Journal of Social Science

"Here, finally, is a book that realizes on a grand scale the long-held promise that the study of cargo cults can teach us as much about anthropology as about the Melanesians who participate in them... this is the book to bring the study of cargo cults into the twentieth-first century. It should join those classics in being widely read and broadly influential." . Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego

In many parts of the world the "white man" is perceived to be an instigator of globalization and an embodiment of modernity. However, so far anthropologists have paid little attention to the actual heterogeneity and complexity of "whiteness" in specific ethnographic contexts. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea. Indigenous terms, images, and concepts are being contrasted with their western counterparts, the latter partly deriving from the publications and field notes of Charles Valentine. After having done his first fieldwork more than fifty years ago, this "anthropological ancestor" has now become part of the local tradition and has thus turned into a kind of mythical figure. Based on anthropological fieldwork as well as on archival studies, this book addresses the relation between western and indigenous perceptions of self and other, between "tradition" and "modernity," and between anthropological "ancestors" and "descendants." In this way the work contributes to the study of "whiteness," "cargo cults" and masked dances in Papua New Guinea.

Holger Jebens is a Research Fellow at the Frobenius Institute and has been Managing Editor of Paideuma since 1998. He was Theodor-Heuss Lecturer at the New School of Social Research and spent many years doing fieldwork in highland and seaboard Papua New Guinea. His publications include Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique (Hawai'i University Press, 2004), and Pathways to Heaven (Berghahn Books, 2005)."

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