Tantra, magic, and vernacular religions in monsoon Asia : texts, practices, and practitioners from the margins
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Tantra, magic, and vernacular religions in monsoon Asia : texts, practices, and practitioners from the margins
(Routledge studies in Tantric traditions)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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  Hiroshima
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  Saga
  Nagasaki
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  Okinawa
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-211) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A first and coherent enquiry on vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia and critically questioning why they have been frequently alienated in the elitist discourse of mainstream Indic religions.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- 1. More Pre-Tantric Sources of Tantrism: Skulls and Skull-Cups
- 2. Charnel Ground Items, Smasanikas, and the Question of the Magical Substratum of the Early Tantras
- 3. Shamans and Bhuta Tantrikas: A Shared Genealogy?
- 4. Female Ganesa or Independent Deity? Tracing the Background of the Elephant-faced Goddess in Mediaeval Saiva Tantric Traditions
- 5. Crossing the Boundaries of Sex, Blood, and Magic in the Tantric Cult of Kamakhya
- 6. 'Let us Now Invoke the Three Celestial Lights of Fire, Sun and Moon into Ourselves': Magic or Everyday Practice? Revising Existentiality for an Emic Understanding of Srividya
- 7. Narrative Folklore of Khyah from Tantra to Popular Beliefs: Supernatural Experiences at the Margins among Newar Communities in the Kathmandu Valley
- 8. Magical Tantra in Bengal, Bali, and Java: From Pisaca Tantrikas to Balians and Dukuns
- 9. Tantrism and the Weretiger Lore of Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia
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