Components of Korean shamanism / Kim Tʼae-gon --Korean shamanic initiation as therapeutic transformation : a transcultural view / Edward R. Canada -- The world of kut and Korean optimism / Yu Tong-sik -- Korean fertility cult for children in shaman ritual and myth / Arthur W. Kinsler -- Pyŏlsin exorcism of Ŭnsan / Im Tong-gwŏn -- Caught between ancestors and spirits : field report of a Korean mansin's healing kut / Laurel Kendall -- Tangsin, Cheju shamanism / Chin Sŏng-gi -- Magic, science and religion on Cheju Island / Yun Sun-yŏng -- Divination in Korean shamanistic thought / Yi Chŏng-yŏng --Shamanistic thought and traditional Korean homes / Yi Chŏng-yŏng -- The strategies of a Korean fortuneteller / Dawnhee Yim Janelli -- Mugam, the dance in Shaman's clothing / Laurel Kendall -- The five blessings and Korean coin charms : a psychocultural analysis / Cho Chʼang-su -- Shamanism in the Seoul area / Kim Tʼae-gon -- Mudang's song of Pujŏng / Yi Chŏng-yŏng -- The religious implications of the 'sacred calendar' of Korea / Sin Myŏng-sŏp.