Empowered Writing: Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193148323X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 226 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Empowered Writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformation of empowered writing from the Warring States period through the Six Dynasties, closely examining the different kinds of writing, their uses, and interpretation as well as relating uniquely Daoist features to imperial and Buddhist usages.. The book divides into three parts: tallies, petitions, and scripturesall inherently empowered since they originate from the very same primordial energy as Dao, the heavens, and highest gods
Amazon Customer said not enough scriptures. this book is hood for research ony. if you are interested in the scriptures or anything else you wont find it here.
Bumbacher s care, at each step of his analysis, to place Daoist ritual items and practices in the context of Chinese society, including Buddhist society, is eminently praiseworthy. Bumbacher explores and carefully distinguishes the various terms used for this sort of document in a variety of social contexts. BokenkampBased on three rituals attested in texts of the fourth and fifth centuries C.E., Bumbacher demonstrates that one can only reconstruct the use of writing, texts, and scriptures philologically and religio-historically in a proper manner if one abandons the obsolete notion of magic as defined by Frazer. No one, to my knowledge, has so fully engaged the important topic of fu, the credential
. He also teaches Classical Chinese and Chinese religions at the University of Zurich, and Comparative Religion at the University of Basel. His main research interests are Daoist studies, the interactions between religions, as well as textual criticism. Stephan Peter Bumbacher is professor of Chinese Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Tübingen. He is the author of The Fragments of the Daoxue zhuan (