Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia

Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia

Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins

Rosati, Paolo E.; Acri, Andrea

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11/2022

218

Dura

Inglês

9781032251288

15 a 20 dias

585

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Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. More Pre-Tantric Sources of Tantrism: Skulls and Skull-Cups; 2. Charnel Ground Items, Smasanikas, and the Question of the Magical Substratum of the Early Tantras; 3. Shamans and Bhuta Tantrikas: A Shared Genealogy?; 4. Female Ga?esa or Independent Deity? Tracing the Background of the Elephant-faced Goddess in Mediaeval Saiva Tantric Traditions; 5. Crossing the Boundaries of Sex, Blood, and Magic in the Tantric Cult of Kamakhya; 6. 'Let us Now Invoke the Three Celestial Lights of Fire, Sun and Moon into Ourselves': Magic or Everyday Practice? Revising Existentiality for an Emic Understanding of Srividya; 7. Narrative Folklore of Khya? from Tantra to Popular Beliefs: Supernatural Experiences at the Margins among Newar Communities in the Kathmandu Valley; 8. Magical Tantra in Bengal, Bali, and Java: From Pisaca Tantrikas to Balians and Dukuns; 9. Tantrism and the Weretiger Lore of Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia
Tamil Nadu;Young Man;Tantric Traditions;Buddhist Tantric Traditions;Vice Versa;Buddhist Tantra;Charnel Grounds;Lan Na;Tantric Scriptures;Tantric Lineages;Annamite Cordillera;India's Tribal Peoples;Early Tantras;Cremation Ground;Lake Khanka;Magical Oil;Independent Group;Tantric Section;Golden Shower Tree;Pali Vinaya;Sexual Fluids;Monsoon Asia;Magical Recipes;Mainland Southeast Asia;Southern Silk Route