Manus Religion (Classic Reprint): An Ethnological Study of the Manus Natives of the Admiralty Islands: An Ethnological Study of the Manus Natives of the Admiralty Islands (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Explore the living beliefs and practices of the Manus people through their rituals, ghosts, and healing arts. This ethnographic study offers a careful look at how religion shapes daily life, social duties, and conflict within Manus communities.

This edition centers on the tangible worlds of mediums, diviners, and healers, and traces how ideas of sin, guilt, and expiation move through kinship networks. It presents detailed descriptions of seances, mortals and spirits, and the ways people seek protection, justice, and balance in their communities.

• Close observation of mediumship, divination, and the use of magic in everyday disputes and crises


• Analysis of concepts like Sir Ghost, soul stuff, and the moral code guiding behavior


• Insights into kinship, adoption, and clan ties that shape ritual responsibility


• Accounts of ritual specialists (Usiai seers, magicians) and the sequence of diagnostic practices

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