Publication
Imprint: London ; Boston : G. Allen & Unwin, 1986, c1975. Edition: Second edition. Responsibility: Carmen Blacker. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 382 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, notes.
Call number
Shamam / Black
ISBN
9780043980088
Original publication date
1975
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.
Table of Contents: The bridge
The sacred beings
Witch animals
The other world
Ascesis
The ancient Sibyl
The living goddess
The blind medium
The ascetic's initiation
The visionary journey
The symbolic journey
The ascetic's power
Village oracles
Mountain oracles
Exorcism – Conclusion
FY1992 / FY2015 /
Table of Contents: The bridge
The sacred beings
Witch animals
The other world
Ascesis
The ancient Sibyl
The living goddess
The blind medium
The ascetic's initiation
The visionary journey
The symbolic journey
The ascetic's power
Village oracles
Mountain oracles
Exorcism – Conclusion
FY1992 / FY2015 /
Physical description
382 p.; 22 cm
Description
This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.
Language
Original language
English