Indigenization of Ramayana in Cambodia
Through some telling instances of 'indigenization', how Valmiki's Ramayana morphed into Ramakerti, an epic tale and a source of inspiration...
Publications Publications Le cycle des douze animaux dans la vie des Cambodgiens (The 12-Animal Cycle and Cambodian Daily Life)
The symbolic of the twelve animals in Cambodian culture and divination practices.
Books Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love
A symbolist and powerful novel set in an imaginary Angkorean palace.
Publications Magician as Environmentalist: Fertility Elements in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism
Buddhism, 'natural order' and agrarian rites in Southeast Asia.
Publications Quelques aspects du chamanisme et des cultes de possession en Asie du Sud-Est (Shamanism and Mediums in Southeast Asia)
Shamanism, trance and medium practices across Southeast Asia, a study by famous ethnologist Georges Condominas.
Links Taobaberocks: Taoism, I Ching, Vietnamese and SEA stories
From divination to 'dragon bloodline' to Ancient Viet Archaeology, a profuse, unpredictable and stimulating spring of thoughts, insights and musings.
Publications The Lost Horoscope of Cambodia's Astrologers
The long tradition of Khmer divination studied in detail by a famous anthropologist.