Divination in exile : interdisciplinary approaches to ritual prognostication in the Tibetan Bon tradition

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Title
"Divination in exile : interdisciplinary approaches to ritual prognostication in the Tibetan Bon tradition"
Statement of Responsibility
by Alexander Kingsbury Smith
Publisher
  • Brill
Publication Year
  • c2021
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hardback

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Notes

Bibliography: p. [169]-192

Includes index

Summary: "In Divination in Exile, Alexander K. Smith offers the first comprehensive scholarly introduction to the performance of divination in Tibetan speaking communities, both past and present. While Smith surveys a variety of ritual practices, the volume focuses on divination and its associated rites in the contemporary Tibetan Bon tradition. Drawing from multi-site ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Himachal Pradesh and the translation of previously unpublished Tibetan language materials, Divination in Exile offers a valuable, social scientific contribution to our understanding of the perception and usage of ritual manuscripts in contemporary Tibetan cultural milieus"-- Provided by publisher

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