A premier journal, primarily in English, on the history and culture of Thailand and Southeast Asia published continuously since 1904.

Articles Featured in our Library:

Some Siamese Ghost-lore and Demonology (1907) – A. J. Irwin

Sharing the Risk of Being Poor: Communal Savings Games in a Bangkok Slum (1978) – Shlomo Angel, J. H. De Goede, and Ramon C. Sevilla

Sangha Organization in Nineteenth Century Burma and Thailand (1984) – Aye Kyaw

The Dhammakāya Text Genre and Its Significance for Tai-Khmer Buddhism and Modern Marginalisation (2021) – Woramat Malasart

a concise history of amulets and an overview of amulet culture in Thailand.

Even as Vajirayan criticized the supernaturalism of indigenous Siamese religious forms, certain ideas and practices were left intact. In particular was a focus on karma or merit and morality…