Kelzang T. Tashi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at London School of economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University in 2020. His areas of interest include religion, society, kinship and gender, health and healing, and the environment.

World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan is an extraordinarily rich engagement with village ritual practices in Bhutan framed in the encompassing religious dynamics of contemporary Bhutan. Kelzang Tashi has produced by far the best ethnographic work we have on Bhutan and it stands out as one of finest ethnographic accounts of ritual practice across the Himalayas. Conceptually sophisticated and ethnographically grounded well beyond ritual, this work stands to become a classic in the anthropology of the Himalayas.

• AcknowledgementsNote on OrthographyList of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Goleng Village in Zhemgang District Chapter 3: Soul Loss and Retrieval Chapter 4: Dealing with Threats to Health and Welfare Chapter 5: Controlling the Bon Priests Chapter 6: The Annual Rup Ritual Chapter 7: Phallic Rituals and Pernicious Gossip Chapter 8: Buddhist Accommodation of Bon Rites and Practices Chapter 9: The Persistence and Transformation of Golengpa Religiosity Chapter 10: Conclusion ReferencesAppendix

Kelzang T. Tashi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at London School of economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University in 2020. His areas of interest include religion, society, kinship and gender, health and healing, and the environment.

World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan is an extraordinarily rich engagement with village ritual practices in Bhutan framed in the encompassing religious dynamics of contemporary Bhutan. Kelzang Tashi has produced by far the best ethnographic work we have on Bhutan and it stands out as one of finest ethnographic accounts of ritual practice across the Himalayas. Conceptually sophisticated and ethnographically grounded well beyond ritual, this work stands to become a classic in the anthropology of the Himalayas.

• AcknowledgementsNote on OrthographyList of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Goleng Village in Zhemgang District Chapter 3: Soul Loss and Retrieval Chapter 4: Dealing with Threats to Health and Welfare Chapter 5: Controlling the Bon Priests Chapter 6: The Annual Rup Ritual Chapter 7: Phallic Rituals and Pernicious Gossip Chapter 8: Buddhist Accommodation of Bon Rites and Practices Chapter 9: The Persistence and Transformation of Golengpa Religiosity Chapter 10: Conclusion ReferencesAppendix

Kelzang T. Tashi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at London School of economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University in 2020. His areas of interest include religion, society, kinship and gender, health and healing, and the environment.

World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan is an extraordinarily rich engagement with village ritual practices in Bhutan framed in the encompassing religious dynamics of contemporary Bhutan. Kelzang Tashi has produced by far the best ethnographic work we have on Bhutan and it stands out as one of finest ethnographic accounts of ritual practice across the Himalayas. Conceptually sophisticated and ethnographically grounded well beyond ritual, this work stands to become a classic in the anthropology of the Himalayas.

• AcknowledgementsNote on OrthographyList of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Goleng Village in Zhemgang District Chapter 3: Soul Loss and Retrieval Chapter 4: Dealing with Threats to Health and Welfare Chapter 5: Controlling the Bon Priests Chapter 6: The Annual Rup Ritual Chapter 7: Phallic Rituals and Pernicious Gossip Chapter 8: Buddhist Accommodation of Bon Rites and Practices Chapter 9: The Persistence and Transformation of Golengpa Religiosity Chapter 10: Conclusion ReferencesAppendix