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| Shamanism and Tantra In the Himalayas | ||
| 作者 | Müller-Ebeling, Claudia ; Rätsch, Christian ; Shahi, Surendra Bahadur |
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| 出版日期 | 2002 |
| 出版者 | Thames & Hudson |
| 出版地 | 中國 [China] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | 修行方法=修行法門=Practice; 唐卡=Thangka=Tangka; 密續=Tantra; 藏傳佛教=西藏佛教=Tibetan Buddhism; 薩滿教=巫教=Shamanism |
| 摘要 | Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas is the first all-encompassing study and first-hand report of the shamans and tantrikas of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. Shamanism is not an archaic 'religion' but rather a set of practices and beliefs from which Buddhism and Hinduism have borrowed fundamental tenets. This book is the first to examine Nepalese shamanism from an interethnic perspective, allowing the voices and practices of various ethnic groups to emerge. It is also the first to explain the shamanic background of thangka-painting, and includes detailed descriptions of the techniques used to paint the thangkas, the deities depicted, and the ritual uses of the images. Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas allows us to travel into the depths of the consciousness and life work of five shamans, all of whom are among the most powerful and respected people in their ethnic groups. It features the first photographic documentation of their esoteric rites, such as the midnight graveyard ritual dedicated to Shiva, and describes a pilgrimage to the most sacred mountain of the Nepalese shamans, Mount Kalinchok. The authors also explore the soma myth and offer valuable insights into the use of this ancient hallucinogen. The volume is lavishly illustrated with 135 colour thangkas, which serve as visual guides to the shamans and those following their ways. These thangkas - fifty of which are contemporary masterpieces by Surrendra Bahadur Shahi, the leading thangka painter of Nepal - reveal the specific practices of the tantric tradition. Surendra Bahadur Shahi offers an ethnographic to the rich tradition of Nepali thangka painting, revealing for the first time the secret history of thangka paintings. In addition to the thangkas, there are also numerous photos of different shamanic healing ceremonies, ritual objects and culturally significant plants that have never been published before. The book also contains a wealth of original recipes, smoking mixtures, scientific plants that have never been published before. The book also contains charts and descriptions of more than twenty plants whose psychoactive properties and uses by shamans have never before been researched or documented. |
| ISBN | 050051108X (hc) |
| 點閱次數 | 798 |
| 建檔日期 | 2004.09.03 |
| 更新日期 | 2019.11.22 |
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