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This volume is the first in a new series of editions of Coptic-language "magical" manuscripts from Egypt, written on papyrus, ostraca, parchment, and paper, and dating to between the fourth and twelfth centuries CE. Their texts attest to non-institutional rituals intended to bring about changes in the lives of those who used them - heal disease, curse enemies, bring about love or hatred, or see into the future. These manuscripts represent rich sources of information on daily life and lived religion of Egypt in the last centuries of Roman rule and the first centuries after the Arab conquest, giving us glimpses of the hopes and fears of people of this time, their conflicts and problems, and their vision of the human and superhuman worlds. This volume presents 37 new editions and descriptions of manuscripts, focusing on formularies or "handbooks", those texts containing instructions for the performance of rituals. Each of these is accompanied by a history of its acquisition, a material description, and presented with facing text and translations, tracings of accompanying images, and explanatory notes to aid in understanding the text

Mudanyaal iyo Marwooyinka qaaliga ah, Jarmalka waxaa ka jira Xeer iyo Dhaqan gooni ee Kiraystaha, tahay in ey ilaaliyaan. Warqaddaan Macluumaad Kiraystayaasha ayaa leydinku tilmaamayaa iyo leydinku sharxayaa, sida aad u heshaan Aragti gooni ah. Haddii ey dhacdo in aad u baahantaan Caawinaad iyo taagyeero ku saabsan Arrintaan, waxaad ka heleesaan Bogga ugu dambeeyo ee Warqadda Macluumaad Kiraystayaasha,Taas aad ka heleesaan Cinwaanada Qofka aad la xiriirin laheeden ama ka sheegayo Goobta kula talin laheed

Preliminary Material /S. Blackburn -- Chapter One. Introduction /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Two. Apatanis And Their Valley /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Three. The Subu Heniin Text /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Four. The Murung Festival /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Five. The Nyibu Performer /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Six. The Subu Heniin In Translation /S. Blackburn -- Chapter Seven. Conclusions And The Future /S. Blackburn -- Appendix A. Outline Of Murung Events /S. Blackburn -- Appendix B. Number Of Murungs, 1944/1945–2009 /S. Blackburn -- Appendix C. Sacrificial Shares For Spirits And Humans /S. Blackburn -- Appendix D. Transcription Of The Subu Heniin /S. Blackburn -- Appendix E. Mudan Pai's Life-History /S. Blackburn -- Appendix F. Feasts Of Merit In The Extended Eastern Himalayas /S. Blackburn -- Bibliography /S. Blackburn -- Index /S. Blackburn.

"This film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940's, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting, gathering and the slash and burn cultivation of dry rice, and became settled agriculturalists. Entire mountains sides were converted to cardamom and terraced for the cultivation of irrigated paddy. The irrigated rice and the cardamom cash crop not only brought the Lepcha within Sikkim's market economy but helped create a surplus which could among other things be invested in religion. In the 1940's, the Lepcha of Tingvong embraced Buddhism and all its complex rituals without however abandoning their strong shamanic traditions. Today, both forms of rituals amiably co-exist in the village. This film is part of a long-term visual anthropology training project for the tribal communities of Sikkim."--Original container