Bring the power of the past into the present : Murrinh-patha ritual / John Hilary Martin -- Power in the palace : the investiture of a Javanese sultan / Clare B. Fischer -- Realizing inherent enlightenment : ritual and self-transformation in Shingon Buddhism / Richard K. Payne -- Ritual power, ritual authority : configurations and reconfigurations in the era of manifestations / Martha Ellen Stortz -- The subject of ritual : ideology and experience in action / Michael B. Aune -- "Let every tongue, by art refined, mingle its softest notes with mine" : an exploration of hymn-singing events and dimensions of knowing / Rebecca J. Slough -- Ritual and psychotherapy : similarities and differences / Volney P. Gay -- A psychotherapeutic exploration of religious ritual as mediator of memory and meaning : a clinical case presentation of the therapeutic efficacy of incorporating religious ritual into therapy / Valerie DeMarinis -- The signicance of ritual in the case of Joanne : insights from depth psychology / Joseph D. Driskill -- Western hospitalization for surgery as "rite of passage" / William R. Noonan.