Cebuano Sorcery by Richard Warren Lieban

Cebuano Sorcery is a classic ethnographic study of ritual, belief and magical practice among the Cebuano people of the central Philippines, blending field observation with deep cultural insight. Lieban’s work reveals how sorcery, healing and spiritual power shape everyday life, conflict and community norms in a society often misunderstood from the outside. Richard Warren Lieban is an anthropologist known for his immersive fieldwork in the Philippines and Mexico, especially on ritual, sorcery and social change. His work on Cebuano belief systems remains a key reference for scholars of religion and Southeast Asian cultural practices.