Empowered Writing: Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China - Couverture souple

Bumbacher, Stephan Peter

 
9781931483230: Empowered Writing: Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 193148323X ISBN 13 : 9781931483230
Editeur : Three Pines Press, 2014

Synopsis

Empowered Writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. The book divides into three parts: tallies, petitions, and scriptures―all inherently empowered since they originate from the very same primordial energy as Dao, the heavens, and highest gods.

Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformation of empowered writing from the Warring States period through the Six Dynasties, closely examining the different kinds of writing, their uses, and interpretation as well as relating uniquely Daoist features to imperial and Buddhist usages.

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Éditeur
Three Pines Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
193148323X
ISBN 13 
9781931483230
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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