Shaman, Saiva and Sufi
by R.O. Winstedt
1924

 "This book is the outcome of a close study of the language and beliefs of the Malays during a period of residence in the Malay Peninsula that has now reached twenty-two years. Its object is to unravel a complex system of magic in the light of historical and comparative data. By itself this system is a tangle every thread of which scholars working in Europe are led to term Malay, although even the native distinguishes this thread as Indian and that as Muslim. Chapters i.-iv. deal with the Malay's evolution from animist to Muslim; chapters v. and vi. with his animism; chapters vii. and viii. with his shamanism; chapter ix. with rites largely infected with Hindu magic; and chapters x. and xi. with Muslim accretions." (Quote from sufibrighton.com)

Table of Contents:

Publisher’s Preface; Preface; Introduction; Gods, Spirits And Ghosts; The Malay Magician; The Malay Charm; The Soul Of Things; The Ritual Of The Rice-field; The Malay Shaman's SÉance; The Shaman's Sacrifice; Magic And Man; Magician And Muslim; Magician And Mystic; Endnotes