Aleksandra Wenta is Lecturer in Indology and Tibetology at the University of Florence, Italy.Cameron Bailey is an independent scholar, USA.

All attempts to define the “magic” concept in the book deliver fresh critical thinking on the matter regarding religion and its applicability as a universal category … The book is invaluable for exercising our confrontation and transcending stereotypes regarding “magic,” “religion,” and related ideas and practices.

• Introduction, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South Koreaand Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 1: The Zla gsang be’u bum: A Compendium of ritual magic and sorcery, Amanda Nichole Brown, Florida State University, USAChapter 2: Magical Results of the Rituals in the Tara-mula-kalpa’s Continuation Tantra, Susan Landesman, American Council of Learnt Societies Fellow, USAChapter 3:The Vajrabhairavatantra: Materia Magica and Circulation of Tantric Magical Recipes, Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 4: The Magic that Lies Within Prayer: On Patterns of Magicity and Resolute Aspirations (smon lam), Rolf Scheuermann, Heidelberg University, GermanyChapter 5: The Yogin's Familiars: Protector Deities as Magical Guides, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South KoreaChapter 6: Emic perspectives on the transubstantiation of words in Tibetan-script textual amulets, Valentina Punzi, University of Tartu, EstoniaChapter 7: The Magical Causality of Poison Casting and Cancer among Tibetan Communities of Gyalthang, Eric D. Mortensen, Guilford College, UKChapter 8: Is there Magic in Gcod? An Expedition into (some of) the Complexities of Sadhana-Text Enactments, Nike-Ann Schröder, Humboldt University, Germany Chapter 9: Trainings for Sorcery, Magic, Mystic, Philosophy — for that which is called “the Great Accomplishment”: Alexandra David-Neel’s Written and Unwritten Tibetan Grimoires, Samuel Thévoz, University of Vienna, Austria Afterword, Conceputalizing the ‘magical’ Tibet and beyond, Nicolas Sihlè, Centre for Himalayan Studies, FranceIndex

Aleksandra Wenta is Lecturer in Indology and Tibetology at the University of Florence, Italy.Cameron Bailey is an independent scholar, USA.

All attempts to define the “magic” concept in the book deliver fresh critical thinking on the matter regarding religion and its applicability as a universal category … The book is invaluable for exercising our confrontation and transcending stereotypes regarding “magic,” “religion,” and related ideas and practices.

• Introduction, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South Koreaand Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 1: The Zla gsang be’u bum: A Compendium of ritual magic and sorcery, Amanda Nichole Brown, Florida State University, USAChapter 2: Magical Results of the Rituals in the Tara-mula-kalpa’s Continuation Tantra, Susan Landesman, American Council of Learnt Societies Fellow, USAChapter 3:The Vajrabhairavatantra: Materia Magica and Circulation of Tantric Magical Recipes, Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 4: The Magic that Lies Within Prayer: On Patterns of Magicity and Resolute Aspirations (smon lam), Rolf Scheuermann, Heidelberg University, GermanyChapter 5: The Yogin's Familiars: Protector Deities as Magical Guides, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South KoreaChapter 6: Emic perspectives on the transubstantiation of words in Tibetan-script textual amulets, Valentina Punzi, University of Tartu, EstoniaChapter 7: The Magical Causality of Poison Casting and Cancer among Tibetan Communities of Gyalthang, Eric D. Mortensen, Guilford College, UKChapter 8: Is there Magic in Gcod? An Expedition into (some of) the Complexities of Sadhana-Text Enactments, Nike-Ann Schröder, Humboldt University, Germany Chapter 9: Trainings for Sorcery, Magic, Mystic, Philosophy — for that which is called “the Great Accomplishment”: Alexandra David-Neel’s Written and Unwritten Tibetan Grimoires, Samuel Thévoz, University of Vienna, Austria Afterword, Conceputalizing the ‘magical’ Tibet and beyond, Nicolas Sihlè, Centre for Himalayan Studies, FranceIndex

Aleksandra Wenta is Lecturer in Indology and Tibetology at the University of Florence, Italy.Cameron Bailey is an independent scholar, USA.

All attempts to define the “magic” concept in the book deliver fresh critical thinking on the matter regarding religion and its applicability as a universal category … The book is invaluable for exercising our confrontation and transcending stereotypes regarding “magic,” “religion,” and related ideas and practices.

• Introduction, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South Koreaand Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 1: The Zla gsang be’u bum: A Compendium of ritual magic and sorcery, Amanda Nichole Brown, Florida State University, USAChapter 2: Magical Results of the Rituals in the Tara-mula-kalpa’s Continuation Tantra, Susan Landesman, American Council of Learnt Societies Fellow, USAChapter 3:The Vajrabhairavatantra: Materia Magica and Circulation of Tantric Magical Recipes, Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, ItalyChapter 4: The Magic that Lies Within Prayer: On Patterns of Magicity and Resolute Aspirations (smon lam), Rolf Scheuermann, Heidelberg University, GermanyChapter 5: The Yogin's Familiars: Protector Deities as Magical Guides, Cameron M. Bailey, Dongguk University, South KoreaChapter 6: Emic perspectives on the transubstantiation of words in Tibetan-script textual amulets, Valentina Punzi, University of Tartu, EstoniaChapter 7: The Magical Causality of Poison Casting and Cancer among Tibetan Communities of Gyalthang, Eric D. Mortensen, Guilford College, UKChapter 8: Is there Magic in Gcod? An Expedition into (some of) the Complexities of Sadhana-Text Enactments, Nike-Ann Schröder, Humboldt University, Germany Chapter 9: Trainings for Sorcery, Magic, Mystic, Philosophy — for that which is called “the Great Accomplishment”: Alexandra David-Neel’s Written and Unwritten Tibetan Grimoires, Samuel Thévoz, University of Vienna, Austria Afterword, Conceputalizing the ‘magical’ Tibet and beyond, Nicolas Sihlè, Centre for Himalayan Studies, FranceIndex