“Overall, Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia offers a refreshing way to look at a changing religious arena. With its willingness to recognize the often-maligned practice of adorcism as a key feature of religious life in the region, this volume provides not only empirically rich and insightful studies but also takes a bold step in an exciting direction.”

SOJOURN

“This volume should be standard reading for all students in modern and contemporary Buddhist Studies…. while certainly geared more to the social scientist/theorist in the fields of Anthropology, Politics, Economics, and Sociology [this book] is accessible to experts in literature, music, art history, and the more humanistic approaches in the study of religion.”

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia