Chapter 1.
Shamanism and the Shaman
1.
Overview
2.
Defintions of the Shaman and Shamanism
3.
Ecstasy/Trance, Spirit Possession, Spirit Mediumship and Shamanism
4.
Types of Trance and Society
5.
Shamans of the World
6.
Korean Mudang

Chapter 2.
Becoming a Shaman
1.
Overview
2.
Shamanic Vocation : The Divine Intervention
3.
Initiatory Dreams and Visions
4.
Korean Mudang's Shinby ng
5.
Possession Sickness and Psychopathology
6.
Initiation Ritual

Chapter 3.
Characteristics of Korean Musok
1.
Overview
2.
Ideology of Musok
3.
The Spirits in Musok
4.
Components of Kut

Chapter 4.
The Variety and Structure of Kut
1.
Overview
2.
Variety
3.
Structure

Chapter 5.
Korean Musok and Shmanism
1.
Overview
2.
Ideology
3.
Motifs and Themes
4.
Rituals
5.
Music and Dance
6.
Costumes and Other Paraphernalia

Chapter 6.
Tan'gun and the Korean National Identity
1.
Overview
2. DEfinitions of Nation, National Identity and Nationalism
3.
The Tan'gun Myth
4.
Is the Tan'gun Myth an Invention of Tradition?
5.
The Significance of Tan'gun to the Korean People
6.
Tan'gun's Role in Korean Shamanism

Chapter 7.
A History of Korean Shamanism : From Central Cult to Marginal Cult
1.
Relevance of a Historical Perspective and Its Problems
2.
Overview
3.
Ancient Times
4.
The Three Kingdoms Period
5.
Kory
6.
The Chos n Kynasty
7.
The Twentieth Century

Chapter 8.
Ecstatic Cults and Cultural Nationalism
1.
Overview
2.
The Revival of Ethnicity in Contemporary Societies
3.
Ecstatic Cults and Nationalism
4.
Korean Mucok and Cultural Nationalism