Part 1 People: the cosmos as intersubjective - Native American other-than-human persons, Kenneth M. Morrison native womanism -exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship, M.A. Jaimes Guerrero shamans, Piers Vitebsicy witchcraft and healing among the Bangwa of Cameroon, Fiona Bowie Rattray's request -spirit possession among the Bono of West Africa, Jan G. Platvoet. Part 2 Powers: Mana and Tapu - sacred knowledge, sacred boundaries, Pater I. Mataira magic, religion and secularity among the Azande and Nuer, Berel Dov Lerner the dreaming in contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Lynne Hume ecology and religion in Karuk orientations toward the land, Sean M. Connors. Part 3 Gift: art works in Aotearoa, Graham Harvey music, art and movement among the Yoruba, Olu Taiwo the unwieldy promise of ceremonies - the case of the Jakalteko May's dance of the conquest, Charles D. Thompson rites of passage among the Lohorung Rai and East Nepal, Charlotte E. Hardman gifts for the Sky Peole - animal sacrifice, head hunting and power among the Naga of Burma and Assam, Mark R. Woodward characteristics of African indigenous religions in contemporary Zimbabwe, James L. Cox spirituality, values and boundaries in the revitalization of a Mi'kmaq community, Raoul R. Andersen et al touching the past, teaching ways forward - the American Indian powwow, Ten Brewer.