Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." (Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.)"

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.

Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." (Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.)"

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.

Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." (Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.)"

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.