UID:
almahu_9949681851402882
Format:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781350354975
Content:
〈b〉This book focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both pre-modern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices.〈/b〉 It offers a new understanding of the identity and role of magical specialists in both historical and contemporary contexts. Combining the theoretical approaches of anthropology, ethnography, religious and textual studies, the book aims to shed light on experiences, practices and practitioners that have been frequently marginalized by the normative mainstream monastic Buddhist traditions and Western Buddhist scholarship, which focuses primarily on meditation and philosophy. The book explores the intersection between magic/folk practices and Tantra, a complex, socio-religious phenomenon associated not only with the religious and political elites who sponsored it, but also with 'marginal' ethnic groups and social milieus, as well as with lay communities at large, who resorted to ritual agents to fulfil their worldly needs.
Note:
Introduction, 〈i〉Cameron M. Bailey, 〈/i〉〈i〉Dongguk University, South Korea〈/i〉〈i〉〈/i〉 and 〈i〉Aleksandra Wenta,〈/i〉〈i〉 University of Florence, Italy〈/i〉 Chapter 1: 〈i〉The Zla gsang be'u bum: 〈/i〉A Compendium of ritual magic and sorcery, 〈i〉Amanda Nichole Brown,〈/i〉〈i〉 Florida State University, USA〈/i〉 Chapter 2: Magical Results of the Rituals in the〈i〉 Tara-mula-kalpa's Continuation Tantra〈/i〉, 〈i〉Susan Landesman,〈/i〉〈i〉 American Council of Learnt Societies Fellow, USA〈/i〉 Chapter 3:〈i〉The Vajrabhairavatantra: 〈/i〉Materia Magica and Circulation of Tantric Magical Recipes, 〈i〉Aleksandra Wenta,〈/i〉〈i〉 University of Florence, Italy〈/i〉 Chapter 4: The Magic that Lies Within Prayer: On Patterns of Magicity and Resolute Aspirations〈i〉 (smon lam)〈/i〉,〈i〉 〈/i〉Rolf Scheuermann〈i〉, Heidelberg University, Germany〈/i〉 Chapter 5: The Yogin's Familiars: Protector Deities as Magical Guides, 〈i〉Cameron M. Bailey, 〈/i〉〈i〉Dongguk University, South Korea〈/i〉〈i〉〈/i〉 Chapter 6: Emic perspectives on the transubstantiation of words in Tibetan-script textual amulets, Valentina Punzi,〈i〉 University of Tartu, Estonia〈/i〉 Chapter 7: The Magical Causality of Poison Casting and Cancer among Tibetan Communities of〈i〉 Gyalthang〈/i〉, 〈i〉Eric D. Mortensen〈/i〉〈i〉, Guilford College, UK〈/i〉 Chapter 8: Is there Magic in Gcod? An Expedition into (some of) the Complexities of Sadhana-Text Enactments, 〈i〉Nike-Ann Schröder,〈/i〉〈i〉 Humboldt University, Germany 〈/i〉 Chapter 9: Trainings for Sorcery, Magic, Mystic, Philosophy - for that which is called "the Great Accomplishment": Alexandra David-Neel's Written and Unwritten Tibetan Grimoires, 〈i〉Samuel Thévoz,〈/i〉〈i〉 〈/i〉〈i〉University of Vienna, Austria 〈/i〉 Afterword, Conceputalizing the 'magical' Tibet and beyond, 〈i〉Nicolas 〈/i〉〈i〉Sihlè,〈/i〉〈i〉 〈/i〉〈i〉Centre for Himalayan Studies, France〈/i〉 Index
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350354975
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350354975?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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