The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan

Blacker, Carmen

ISBN 10: 0043980066 / ISBN 13: 9780043980064

Edité par Unwin Hyman Ltd., London, 1989

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Minor reading curve to the lightly creased spine, corners a bit rubbed, little wear overall. Text is clean. 'The shaman is at once a healer, exorcist, magician and rescuer of sick souls. He can communicate directly with spiritual beings, good and bad, through his powers of clairvoyance and of travel in out-of-the-body trance to other realms of the cosmos. First identified in Siberia, the shaman is now recognised as having been present in many cultures since ancient times. This book is the first full-length study of shamanism in Japan. [The author] describes the shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, their ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.' Illustrated. 382 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 049575

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Titre : The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic ...

Éditeur : Unwin Hyman Ltd., London

Date d'édition : 1989

Reliure : Trade Paperback

Etat : Good

Edition : 3rd Edition.

Type de livre : Book

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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.