Personal religion and magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi
Subtitle: the search for powers of blessing from the other world of the gods
By: by Kees Buijs
Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, land- en Volkenkunde -- volume 308; Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde -- 308.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9789004326569
Subjects: Toraja (Indonesian people); Religion; Indonesian Mythology; Magic
Description: In 'Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi', Kees Buijs describes the traditional culture of the Toraja's, which is rapidly vanishing. The focus is on personal religion as it has its centre in the kitchen of each house. In the kitchen and also by the use of magical words and stones the gods are sought for their powers of blessing. This book adds important information to Buijs' earlier 'Powers of Blessing from the Wilderness and from Heaven' (Brill, 2006).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion and magic; title: Headlines of the religion of the Toraja's in West Sulawesi; title: Pairan, individual religious responsibility; title: Stones and incantations, vestiges from the other world of the gods; title: Pairan and magic, personal religion in daily life.