ABSTRACT
Black magic, occult practices and witchcraft still evoke huge curiosity, interest and amazement in the minds of people. Although witchcraft in Europe has been a widely studied phenomenon, black magic and occult are not yet a popular theme of academic research, even though India is known as a land of magic, tantra and occult. The Indian State of Assam was historically feared as the land of Kamrup-Kamakhya, black magic, witchcraft and occultic practices. It was where different Tantric cults as well as other occult practices thrived. The Khasi Hills are known for the practice of snake vampire worship. The village of Mayong is the village, where magic and occult is still practiced as a living tradition.
This book is one of the rarest collections where such practices are researched, recorded and academically analyzed. It is one of those collections where studies of all three practices of Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occult are comibned into one single book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|81 pages
Tantra and Esoterism
chapter Chapter 1|25 pages
Vaishnavite Occult Practices in Medieval Assamese Society: A History of Acceptance and Defiance
chapter Chapter 2|26 pages
Kecāikhātī, Eater of Raw Flesh: A Profile of the Multifaceted Goddess in the North-East
chapter Chapter 4|11 pages
Magic, Religion and Mother Goddess Kamakhya: Esoteric Practices in Assam 1
part II|147 pages
Practices of Occult
chapter Chapter 6|9 pages
Remnants of Spiritual/Faith Healing System among the Lepcha and Limbu Communities in Sikkim
part III|101 pages
Magic, Supernaturalism and Divinity
chapter Chapter 15|21 pages
Supernatural Belief of the Kuki: A Case Study of Witchcraft and its Cures
chapter Chapter 16|13 pages
‘White Magic’ Practices of the Adivasis of Jungle Mahals: A Different World View
part IV|222 pages
Witchcraft and Witch Hunting