Introduction - José Ignacio Cabezón
1: Written Texts at the Juncture of the Local and the Global: Some Anthropological Considerations on a Local Corpus of Tantric Ritual Manuals (Lower Mustang, Nepal) - Nicolas Sihlé

2: Tibetan Indigenous Myths and Rituals with Reference to the Ancient Bön Text: The Nyenbum (Gnyan 'bum) - Samten Karmay

3: Continuity and Change in Tibetan Mah?yoga Ritual: Some Evidence from the Tabzhag (Thabs zhags) Manuscript and other Dunhuang Texts - Robert Mayer and Cathy Cantwell

4: The Convergence of Theoretical and Practical Concerns in a Single Verse of the Guhyasam?ja Tantra - Yael Bentor

5: Chilu ('Chi bslu): Rituals for "Deceiving Death" - Irmgard Mengele

6: Representations of Efficacy: the Ritual Expulsion of Mongol Armies in the Consolidation and Expansion of the Tsang (Gtsang) Dynasty - James Gentry

7: The "Calf's Nipple" (Be'u bum) of Ju Mipam ('Ju Mi pham): A Handbook of Tibetan Ritual Magic - Bryan J. Cuevas

8: Tamdrin (Rta mgrin) Rituals in the Bön Tradition: Transforming Poison and Eliminating Noxious Spirits with Burning Stones - Marc des Jardins

9: Texts as Deities: Mongols' Rituals of Worshipping S?tras and Rituals of Accomplishing Various Goals by Means of S?tras - Vesna Wallace

10: The Ritual Veneration of Mongolia's Mountains - Jared Lindahl

11: Encounter With a Dream: Bhutanese Pilgrims in Tibet. Performing a Ritual? - Françoise Pommaret

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