Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan
Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
ISBN: 978-1-873410-85-1
Verlag: RoutledgeCurzon
This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.
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1. The Bridge 2. The Sacred Beings 3. Witch Animals 4. The Other World 5. Ascesis 6. The Ancient Sibyl 7. The Living Goddess 8. The Blind Medium 9. The Ascetic’s Initiation 10. The Visionary Journey 11. The Symbolic Journey 12. The Ascetic’s Power 13. Village Oracles 14. Mountain Oracles 15. Exorcism 16. Conclusion




