Empowered Writing : Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China.

Empowered Writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. The book divides into three parts: tallies, petitions, and scriptures-all inherently empowered since they origi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bumbacher, Stephan Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St Petersburg : Three Pines Press, 2016.
Temas:
Talismans > China > History.
Talismans > Chine > Histoire.
Talismans
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • Tallies
  • Chapter One From Tally to Certificate of Legitimation
  • Chapter Two Fu-Tallies and Political Authority
  • Chapter Three The Religious Context
  • Petitions
  • Chapter Four Petition Rituals
  • Chapter Five Daoist Bureaucracy and Registers
  • Scriptures
  • Chapter Six Daoist Sacred Scriptures
  • Chapter Seven The Buddhist Context
  • Chapter Eight Whose Influence?
  • Epilogue The End of Chinese Magic
  • Bibliography.

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