| Description |
240 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Living magic -- Sorcery -- To Areyonga -- A witch doctor's ways -- Leech and coroner -- The magic cord -- How magicians are made -- The way love finds -- Life with the dead -- Aboriginal telepathy -- Sagacity and superstition -- Hypnotism -- Women in magic -- Culture clash -- Savage or sage? -- Experimental -- Problems solved Appendix A: Results of E.S.P. and P.K. tests |
| Summary |
Fieldwork at Hermannsburg, Areyonga valley, Tabulam, Woodenbong; account of parapsychological findings; telepathy (Nyul - nyul, Gringai, Minying, Bundulung, Gidabul); smoke signals, bone pointing, kurdaitcha, initiation ceremony (Pitjendadjara); witchdoctors (Pitjendadjara, Birri, Kurnai, Gidabul); inquest (Kurnai, Mullunjarli); healing of illnesses and wounds, culture contact and clashes; magic cord (Pitjendadjara, Gidabul, Bundulung, Yinliburra); love magic (Pitjendadjara, Aranda, Yuggrabool); conception beliefs (Aranda); womens place in magic (Aranda, Dieri, Euahlayi); rain making (Dieri, Gidabul, Bundulung, Pitjendadjara); results of tests, and questionnaire in appendices; most data from Aranda and Pitjendadjara tribes; some information from Gidabul, Bundulung, Yinliburra, Dieri, Gringai, Mullanjarli, Wotjobaluk, Nyul nyul, Minyung, Borri, Kurnai, Ruahlayi, Yuggrabool tribes |
| Analysis |
Ethnology Australia |
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Magic Australia |
| Notes |
This work includes secret information and/or pictures which some Aboriginal men and women may not wish to see |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Magic
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Aboriginal Australians -- Psychology.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Ethnology -- Australia.
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Magic -- Australia.
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Shamans -- Australia.
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| LC no. |
56010878 |
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