TY - BOOK AU - Bellezza,John Vincent TI - Spirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet: calling down the gods T2 - Brill's Tibetan studies library, SN - 9781429453080 AV - BF1773.2.C5 B45 2005eb U1 - 299.5/4 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Shamans KW - China KW - Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Bon (Tibetan religion) KW - Rituals KW - Texts KW - Bön (Religion tibétaine) KW - Rituel KW - Textes KW - RELIGION KW - Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Bon-Religion KW - gnd KW - Schamanismus KW - Medium KW - Mediums (parapsychologie) KW - gtt KW - Riten KW - Bon KW - Tibet KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - "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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=173930 ER -