Ben JoffeBen Joffe is a cultural anthropology PhD candidate from South Africa who is currently based at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He specializes in the anthropology of contemporary Tibet, Tibetan exile, and Buddhism; in the study of religion, magic witchcraft, esotericism(s), neo-paganism(s), and neo-shamanism(s). His doctoral dissertation research is focused on Tibetan Buddhist non-celibate tantric ritual specialists, or ngakpa/ma who live outside of Tibet, and the globalization of Tibetan Buddhism. Read More Read Less