Spirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet : calling down the gods /

Bellezza, John Vincent.

Spirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet : calling down the gods / by John Vincent Bellezza. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005. - 1 online resource (xiii, 532 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations - Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 8 1568-6183 ; . - Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 8. .

"Languages of the greater Himalayan region"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-500) and indexes.

Foreword by Henk Blezer; Acknowledgments; i) Introduction to the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet; ii) The greater tradition: cross-cultural comparisons; iii) Introduction to Part Two: interviews conducted with spirit-mediums; iv) Introduction to Part Three: the mountain deities of the spirit-mediums; v) Introduction to Part Four: spirit-mediums in the Bon literary tradition; vi) Introduction to Part Five: Bon literary references to the ritual implements and practices of the spiritmediums; i) bsTan-grag lha-pa, born circa 1925; ii) Pho-bo dbang-phyug, born circa 1920. iii) dPa' dam, born circa 1914iv) Khams-pa'i dpa' chung, born circa 1912; v) sPu-yu, born circa 1939; vi) Bu-chung, born circa 1919; vii) Lha-pa bstan-pa, born circa 1936; viii) Phyogs-bzhi lha-pa, born circa 1927; ix) Lha-klu, born circa 1948; x) dPa' mo, born circa 1925; xi) Pho-bo lha-dbang, born circa 1935; xii) sGrol-dkar, born circa 1952; xiii) Pho-bo mtsho-rgyal, born circa 1939; xiv) Karma rig 'dzin, born circa 1935; xv) Pho-bo chu-bza.

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Unique original material on the phenomenon of the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. With extensive interviews with members of this living tradition.


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In English with passages in Tibetan (romanized); includes translations from Tibetan.

9781429453080 (electronic bk.) 1429453087 (electronic bk.) 9789004143883 (alk. paper) 9004143882 (alk. paper) 9781433707292 (electronic bk.) 1433707292 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) 9789047407515 (electronic book) 9047407512

10.1163/9789047407515. DOI


Shamans--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Bon (Tibetan religion)--Rituals--Texts.
Bön (Religion tibétaine)--Rituel--Textes.
RELIGION--Eastern.
Bon (Tibetan religion)--Rituals.
Shamans.
Bon-Religion
Schamanismus
Medium
Mediums (parapsychologie)
Riten.
Bon.


China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet


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Electronic books.
Texts.

BF1773.2.C5 / B45 2005eb

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