"I consider this book to be a valuable contribution to Southeast Asian ethnography and to the study of ritual performance and healing. The author effectively explores the connections of her study to contemporary approaches to the study of ritual meaning and practice, and to the wider ethnographic literature. The book reads as an extended conversation with colleagues about ways to approach, present, and understand curing rituals." - Jane Monnig Atkinson, Lewis & Clark College

"The author draws the reader into a discussion about myth and ritual as flexible, unpredictable and ongoing...