The Catalpa Bow :A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan
The Catalpa Bow :A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan
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15 September, 1999
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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.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781873410851 |
| ISBN10 | 1873410859 |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 780 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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'One of the absolute 'must read' books on Japanese religious practice. It is also essential reading for those interested in asceticism, shamanism and spirit possession in general.' - Ian Reader, Culture and Religion
'one suspects that the time may be not far off when it will come to be recognized as the best book on East Asian religion as a whole to emerge from Britain in the twentieth century.' - T. H. Barrett, Bulletin of SOAS