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Shaman, Saiva, and Sufi is one of the earliest and best looks at the spiritual mannerisms of Malaysia. Including incantations, marriage rites, funerary practices, and various superstition and folklore, it is at once a paranormal, anthropological, and occult work. Especially focusing on the prevalent Muslim and Hindu inclusions of the Perak and Kelantan provinces, its lore ranges from the already then-ancient to the post-colonial and then modern.

This book is the outcome of a close study of the language and beliefs of the Malays during a period of residence in the Malay Peninsula that has now reached twenty-two years. Its object is to unravel a complex system of magic in the light of historical and comparative data. By itself this system is a tangle every thread of which scholars working in Europe are led to term Malay, although even the native distinguishes this thread as Indian and that as Muslim. Chapters i.-iv. deal with the Malay's evolution from animist to Muslim; chapters v. and vi. with his animism; chapters vii. and viii. with his shamanism; chapter ix. with rites largely infected with Hindu magic; and chapters x. and xi. with Muslim accretions.

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