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- catalog abstract "Possibly the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. A basic concern with healing characterizes the entire gamut of religious expression in East Asia. By concentrating on the medieval development of Chinese therapeutic ritual, the author discovers the origins of many surviving rituals across the social and doctrinal frontiers of Buddhism and Taoism, including transmission to persons outside the Buddhist or Taoist fold. The author describes and translates many classical Chinese liturgies, analyzes their structure, and seeks out nonliturgical sources to shed further light on the politics involved in specific performances. Unlike the few previous studies of related rituals, this book combines a scholar's understanding of structure and goals of these rites with a healthy suspicion of the practitioners' claims to uniqueness.".
- catalog contributor b12216586.
- catalog contributor b12216587.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "1. Disease and Taoist law -- 2. Demonology and epidemiology -- 3. The literature of spells -- 4. Ensigillation : a Buddho-Taoist technique of exorcism -- 5. The genealogy of spirit possession -- 6. Tantrists, foxes, and shamans.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-407) and index.".
- catalog description "Possibly the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. A basic concern with healing characterizes the entire gamut of religious expression in East Asia. By concentrating on the medieval development of Chinese therapeutic ritual, the author discovers the origins of many surviving rituals across the social and doctrinal frontiers of Buddhism and Taoism, including transmission to persons outside the Buddhist or Taoist fold. The author describes and translates many classical Chinese liturgies, analyzes their structure, and seeks out nonliturgical sources to shed further light on the politics involved in specific performances. Unlike the few previous studies of related rituals, this book combines a scholar's understanding of structure and goals of these rites with a healthy suspicion of the practitioners' claims to uniqueness.".
- catalog extent "xii, 418 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0804734496 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0804739404 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog subject "2002 F-770".
- catalog subject "610/.951 21".
- catalog subject "Buddhism China.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Chinese Traditional China.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Chinese.".
- catalog subject "Mysticism China.".
- catalog subject "R602 .S83 2002".
- catalog subject "Religion and Medicine China.".
- catalog subject "Taoism.".
- catalog subject "WZ 80.5.O6 S917c 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Disease and Taoist law -- 2. Demonology and epidemiology -- 3. The literature of spells -- 4. Ensigillation : a Buddho-Taoist technique of exorcism -- 5. The genealogy of spirit possession -- 6. Tantrists, foxes, and shamans.".
- catalog title "Chinese magical medicine / Michel Strickmann ; edited by Bernard Faure.".
- catalog type "text".