Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing

Description

Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle
of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four highly revered
Tibetan shamans forced into exile by the Chinese invasion during the 1950s.
Larry Peters lived and studied closely with the shamans in Nepal, learning
their belief system, observing and participating in their rituals, and
introducing many dozens of students to their worldview. Including photographs
of the shamans in ecstatic ritual and trance, this book—one of the most
extensive ethnographic works ever done on Tibetan shamanism—captures the end
of Tibetan shamanism while opening a window onto the culture and traditions
that survived centuries of attack in Tibet, only to die out in Nepal. The
violent treatment of shamans by the Buddhist lama has a long history in Tibet
and neighboring Mongolia. At one point, shamans were burned at the stake.
However, in the mountainous Himalayan terrain, especially in the difficult to
reach areas geographically distant from the Buddhist monastic urban centers,
shamans were respected and their work revered. Peters’s authoritative and
meticulous research into the belief systems of these last surviving
representatives of the shamanic traditions of the remote Himalayas preserves,
in vivid detail, the techniques of ecstasy, described as pathways to the
shamanic spiritual world. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Atlantic Books; Illustrated edition (September 27, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 01
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.02 x 0.5 x 8.97 inches
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