1. INTRODUCTION--The Binabaylan Phenomena--Definition and Characteristics of Babaylan--Powers of a Babaylan--2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND--Pre-Hispanic to Late Hispanic Period--Late Hispanic Period to Early American Period--Post-World War II to Contemporary Period--3. THE MA-ARAM PRACTICE IN MARIIT--The Mariitnon Setting--A Brief Account of Binabaylan in Mariit--4. THE IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF MA-ARAM PRACTIE IN MARIIT--Concept of Dungan (Soul)--Creation Myth--Cosmogony--Panay-The "Sacred Center" and the "Four Pillars"--Sacred Mountains--Mount Kanlaon-"City of Engkantados"--The Engkantu: Spirit Beings in the Village--Kapu-an (Ancestral Soul-Spirits)--Surondon (Obligatory Rites and Calling)--5. THE ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEM OF THE MA-ARAM--Mariitnon Theories of Causation of Illness--Methods of Diagnosis/Diagnosing Illness--Methods of Treatment--Referral Pattern--Materia Medica--6. MORE PILLARS FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY--The Socialization Process of a Category I Ma-aram--From Infancy to Adolescence--Married Life to Becoming a Ma-aram--The Socialization Process of a category II Ma-aram--Early Socialization: From Infancy to Adolescence--Late Socialization: From Married Life to "Becoming a Ma-aram"--Status-Position--7. ANALYSIS--8. EPILOUGE