Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Field Context of the Ihamba Rituals in 198s 18
6. 2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba 31
7. 3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata 54
8. 4. Discussion of the First Ihamba 83
9. 5. Background to the Second Ihamba 103
10. 6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru 128
11. 7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience 159
12. 8. Seeing Spirits 170
13. Coda 178
14. Appendix 1. African Spirit Healing and Ihamba 181
15. Appendix 2. Types of Spirit Healen 185
16. Appendix 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens 188
17. Appendix 4. Cupping with Horns 191
18. Appendix 5. Music and Drumming 193
19. Appendix 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions 200
20. Appendix 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario 204
21. Appendix 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared 206
22. Appendix 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndembu 209
23. Appendix 10. Maps 211
24. Appendix 11. Abridged Genealogy of the Kahona Family 213
25. Notes 215
26. References 221
27. Index 229
28. Backmatter 240