Chinese magical medicine / Michel Strickmann ; edited by Bernard Faure.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strickmann, Michel.

Contributor:

Faure, Bernard.

Series:

ARC: Asian religions & cultures.

ARC: Asian religions & cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Taoism.

Physical Description:

xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2002]

Summary:

This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. This practice would leave its most lasting imprint on the liturgical tradition of Taoism. In focusing on religious practice, the book provides a corrective to traditional studies of Chinese religion, which overemphasize metaphysics and spirituality.

Contents:

1. Disease and Taoist Law 1

2. Demonology and Epidemiology 58

3. The Literature of Spells 89

4. Ensigillation: A Buddho-Taoist Technique of Exorcism 123

5. The Genealogy of Spirit Possession 194

6. Tantrists, Foxes, and Shamans 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-407) and index.

ISBN:

0804734496

0804739404

OCLC:

46319629