Home›Sources›Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)SourcesMediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsa, Silkworm Books, 2012Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kitiarsa-mediums-monks-amulets.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kitiarsa-mediums-monks-amuletsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-mediums-monks-and-amulets-thai-popular-b, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/kitiarsa-mediums-monks-amulets}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPattana Kitiarsa's study of popular religious practice in contemporary Thailand, published by Silkworm Books in 2012, examining how spirit mediumship, amulet veneration and Brahmanical deity worship sit alongside institutional Theravada Buddhism rather than in competition with it. It documents the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok, built in 1956 around a statue of the four-faced Hindu deity Brahma known in Thai as Phra Phrom, and its rise into one of the most visited devotional sites in the country, drawing worshippers seeking worldly fortune regardless of religious affiliation. Its strength is a sociological reading grounded in extended observation of contemporary urban Thai practice. Its limit is a focus on the present-day devotional economy rather than a full historical account of the shrine's founding decades.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedPattana KitiarsaPublisherWell-attestedSilkworm BooksPublication YearWell-attested2012Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A standard academic study of Thai popular religion by a named specialist, grounded in extended sociological observation of contemporary practice, published by a respected regional academic press.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBangkok, Cities Well-attested This source names Bangkok directly: "It documents the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok, built in 1956 around a statue of the four-faced Hindu deity Brahma known in Thai as Phra Phrom, and its rise into one of the most visited..."Source Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsatier 1Brahma, Deities Well-attested This source names Brahma directly: "mediumship, amulet veneration and Brahmanical deity worship sit alongside institutional Theravada Buddhism rather than in competition with it."Source Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsatier 1Erawan Shrine, Sacred Sites Well-attested This source names Erawan Shrine directly: "It documents the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok, built in 1956 around a statue of the four-faced Hindu deity Brahma known in Thai as Phra Phrom, and its rise into one of the most visited..."Source Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsatier 1Thailand, Countries Well-attested This source names Thailand directly: "religious practice in contemporary Thailand, published by Silkworm Books in 2012, examining how spirit mediumship, amulet veneration and Brahmanical deity worship sit alongside institutional..."Source Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsatier 1Theravada, Denominations Well-attested This source names Theravada directly: "worship sit alongside institutional Theravada Buddhism rather than in competition with it."Source Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Pattana Kitiarsatier 1Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds.Sacred Sites, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested11Sacred SitesErawan ShrineSourcesMediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Holds8Sacred SitesErawan ShrineSourcesMediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today (Kitiarsa)Connected1Sacred SitesErawan ShrineGeneral References1Sacred SitesErawan ShrineComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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