Susannah Deane completed her PhD at Cardiff University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on mental health and illness within Tibetan communities in China and in exile. Her publications include Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology, Transliterations, and TranslationsIntroductionPart IChapter 1. Heart, Wind and Mind: Discussions on Nyonéin Contemporary AmdoChapter 2. Heart, Mind or Wind? Tibetan Medical Conceptions of Mind, Mental Health and NyonéChapter 3. Wind, Mind and Nyonéin Tibetan TantraPart IIChapter 4. Madness-Causing Spirits, Tantric Deities and ‘Impurities’ in Contemporary AmdoChapter 5. Uninvited: Spirits, Deities and ‘Pollution’ in Everyday Life and IllnessChapter 6. Invoking the Gods: Spirits and Deities in Tantric PracticeConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

“The book takes up an interesting, important, complicated and somewhat understudied aspect of Tibetan cultural and religious life.” • David DiValerio, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Susannah Deane completed her PhD at Cardiff University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on mental health and illness within Tibetan communities in China and in exile. Her publications include Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology, Transliterations, and TranslationsIntroductionPart IChapter 1. Heart, Wind and Mind: Discussions on Nyonéin Contemporary AmdoChapter 2. Heart, Mind or Wind? Tibetan Medical Conceptions of Mind, Mental Health and NyonéChapter 3. Wind, Mind and Nyonéin Tibetan TantraPart IIChapter 4. Madness-Causing Spirits, Tantric Deities and ‘Impurities’ in Contemporary AmdoChapter 5. Uninvited: Spirits, Deities and ‘Pollution’ in Everyday Life and IllnessChapter 6. Invoking the Gods: Spirits and Deities in Tantric PracticeConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

“The book takes up an interesting, important, complicated and somewhat understudied aspect of Tibetan cultural and religious life.” • David DiValerio, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Susannah Deane completed her PhD at Cardiff University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on mental health and illness within Tibetan communities in China and in exile. Her publications include Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology, Transliterations, and TranslationsIntroductionPart IChapter 1. Heart, Wind and Mind: Discussions on Nyonéin Contemporary AmdoChapter 2. Heart, Mind or Wind? Tibetan Medical Conceptions of Mind, Mental Health and NyonéChapter 3. Wind, Mind and Nyonéin Tibetan TantraPart IIChapter 4. Madness-Causing Spirits, Tantric Deities and ‘Impurities’ in Contemporary AmdoChapter 5. Uninvited: Spirits, Deities and ‘Pollution’ in Everyday Life and IllnessChapter 6. Invoking the Gods: Spirits and Deities in Tantric PracticeConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

“The book takes up an interesting, important, complicated and somewhat understudied aspect of Tibetan cultural and religious life.” • David DiValerio, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee