The cult of Tārā;: Magic and ritual in Tibet (Hermeneutics: studies in the history of religions) - Hardcover

Beyer, Stephan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520021924 ISBN 13: 9780520021921

Publisher: University of California Press, 1973

Synopsis

The unique importance of Stephan Beyer's work is that it presents the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. The reader is made a witness to cultic proceedings through which the author guides him carefully.(Reprinted)

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From the Inside Flap

“An outstanding achievement” — Times Literary Supplement “The magnitude of this work is awesome” — Virginia Quarterly Review “A major milestone in the subject” — Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies “Dazzlingly brilliant” — Philosophy East and West “A quintessential resource for the study of Tibetan Buddhist religion and ritual” — The Tibetan and Himalayan Library

About the Author

Steven Beyer has Ph.D. degrees in religious studies and in psychology, and has taught as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Graduate Theological Union. Beyer is an independent scholar doing research and fieldwork in ethnobotany, shamanism, ethnomedicine, and hallucinogenic plants and fungi, with a focus on indigenous and shamanic healing systems and the cognitive psychology of anomalous experiences. His current research centers on concepts of healing and the lived body across cultures, the cross-cultural transmission of ethnomedical systems, the role of alternative medical models, and differing cultural conceptions of herbalism and the healing plants.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520021924
• ISBN 13: 9780520021921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 563