The catalpa bow : a study of shamanistic practices in Japan / Carmen Blacker
1975, First Edition. London : Allen & Unwin. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #478480
ISBN: 004398004X
Physical description; 376 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-359) and index. 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. Subjects; Shamanism Japan. Japan Religion. Blacker, Carmen.
Price: €100.00