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Picturing the True Form : Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Visual Dimensions
- Conceptual Framework
- Aniconic, Immaterial, and Ephemeral
- Facets of Daoism
- Primary Sources
- Daoist Tu in the Daozang
- Overview of the Book
- INNER CHAPTERS: ESOTERIC UNDERPINNINGS
- 1. Imagery of Body and Cosmos
- Body Gods
- Early Divinities
- Planets and Bureaucrats
- Ritual Activation
- Visualizations of Stars
- Journeys to the Northern Dipper
- Imaginary Star Maps
- Stars in the Body
- Iconic Forms
- Souls and Worms
- The Seven Material Souls and Three Deathbringers
- Physical Parasites
- Control and Elimination
- Illustrating Internal Alchemy
- The Inner Realm
- The Medical Body
- Body Landscapes
- Interior Journeys
- 2. Mapping the World
- Daoist Creation
- Sacred Charts
- Heavens and Upper Worlds
- Vertical Heavens
- Lateral Expansion
- Earthly Paradises
- The Ten Continents and Three Isles
- The Five Sacred Peaks
- Grotto Heavens
- Hells and the Underworld
- Mount Fengdu
- Women in Hell
- 3. True Form Charts
- Metamorphoses of the Man-Bird Mountain
- Man-Bird Writings
- Birds in Heavenly Scripts
- The Five Sacred Peaks
- The Mystical Cosmos
- The Fengshui Connection
- Mountain Treasures
- Minerals and Herbs
- Magical Mushrooms
- 4. Materiality of Daoist Sacred Space
- Forms of Daochang
- The Oratory
- The Public Altar
- Multiple Layers
- Multiple Stages
- Cultural and Religious Sources
- Soul Places
- Ritual Objects
- Flags and Banners
- Mirrors
- Writing Utensils
- Documents
- Spirit Money
- 5. Performing the Salvation Ritual
- The Yellow Register Purgation
- Calling Out the Body Gods
- Ascent and Summons
- Attack on Hell
- Opening the Hells
- The Master's Staff
- Artistic Depictions
- Rescuing Souls
- Bathing and Feeding
- The Water Land Ritual
- Salvation through Refinement
- Internal Visualizations
- The External Rite
- Concluding Ceremonies
- 6. Paintings of Mobile Deities
- Daoist Painters at Work
- Preparation
- Sketchbooks
- Teamwork
- Priests as Painters
- Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water
- Pictorial Formulas
- Annual Festivals
- Pictorial Conventions
- The Heavenly Descent
- Daoist Deities in Procession
- Visualization Practice
- Earthly Excursions
- Tours of Inspection
- The Subjugation of Demons
- The Tree Goblin and the Ape Monster
- Ocean Crossings
- Crossing Over to Salvation
- Thunder Troops
- The Female Soul
- The Ritual Context
- Mobile Deities
- Yellow Register Painting.