The Roles and Significance of Wong Pinter, the Javanese Shaman
The Roles and Significance of Wong Pinter, the Javanese Shaman Agustinus Sutiono Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of PhD The University of Leeds York St. John University April 2014 The candidate confirms that the work submitted is his own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. April 2014, the University of Leeds, Agustinus Sutiono i Acknowledgements Because of support from institutions, groups and individuals both in Britain and Indonesia throughout the course of research, this thesis has been completed in due time. I would like to thank to The British Province of the Carmelites who have given me a scholarship since 2004 especially Rev. Frs. Wilfrid McGreal O.Carm, Anthony Lester O.Carm, Kevin Melody O.Carm, Richard Copsey O.Carm and Francis Kemsley O.Carm. I am sincerely grateful to Professor Sebastian Kim FRAS and Dr. Susan Yore who have supervised and directed me on the right track towards the completion of this thesis. I thank to the staff of York St John University Research Department, Dr. John Rule and Jill Graham. I would like to thank to all participants especially members of Metaphysics Study Club, Laksamana Handaka, Mrs. Sita Soejono, Prof. Dr. I. Soedjarwadi, Mr. Krisnadi, R.Ng. Brotosusanto, Hamid, Mr. Hardjana, Joko Kijeng, Tamtu family and many more wong pinters who spared so much of their time for interviews.
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