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

A ruler had no power to enact law. He was born to maintain order and peace and to protect his subjects from dangers…

Phra Čedi (พระเจดีย์) (1952) – Phya Anuman Rajadhon

Some gods are bad and some devils are good. There are, in fact, almost as many kinds of good and bad phi as there are of men…

The Kwan and its Ceremonies (1962) – Phya Anuman Rajadhon

Monks and Hierarchy in Northern Thailand (1976) – John P. Ferguson and Shalardchai Ramitanondh

Merit-Seeking in Public: Buddhist Pilgrimage in Northeastern Thailand (1976) – James B. Pruess

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

New Light on Early Cambodian Buddhism (2000) – Nancy Dowling

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…