Dragon Bones Ritual Myth And Oracle In Shang Period China
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| Author | : Jan Fries |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 838 |
| Release | : 2013-09-01 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9781905297634 |
This title provides an insightful exploration of ritual, myth, and oracles in Shang Period China (16th-11th century BCE). Combining wide-ranging scholarship with pragmatic practicality, the author shines a light on one of the most obscure and least-known areas of ritual practice in the ancient world, demonstrating its value and connection to the development of magical practices in China over a period of many centuries.
| Author | : CT Holman |
| Publisher | : Singing Dragon |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2020-07-21 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1787751384 |
This engaging, highly anticipated book compellingly describes healing techniques of Chinese shamanism while respecting the tradition. CT Holman, a medically trained and licensed clinician of over 20 years, clearly explains how Chinese shamanism can be seamlessly woven into modern lifestyle and contemporary medical practices. He explores effective methods to address physical pathologies and emotional imbalances by applying shamanic-influenced techniques including visualizations, verbal healing and shamanic drumming, among others for self-care and medical treatment. The primary resource for the material presented originates from the author's intensive decade-long study under shamanic teacher, Master Zhongxian Wu. Several color illustrations and before-and-after patient photos are included that beautifully depict the spirit-based diagnostics and treatments. Incorporating numerous clinical examples and thoroughly researched procedures, this book teaches practitioners how to combine treatments - concentrating on the spirit and soul - with modern medicine to treat the whole person and enrich their practice. This enlightening book is a must-read for Chinese medicine practitioners, other medical professionals and non-professionals interested in the subject.
| Author | : Sarah Allan |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1991-02-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0791494497 |
Many Chinese philosophic concepts derive from an ancient cosmology. This work is the first reconstructions of the mythic thought of the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1700- 1100 B.C.) which laid the foundation for later Chinese patterns of thought. Allan regards the myth, cosmology, divination, sacrificial ritual, and art of the Shang as different manifestations of a common religious system and each is examined in turn, building up a coherent and consistent picture. Although primarily concerned with the Shang, this work also describes the manner in which Shang thought was transformed in the later textual tradition.
| Author | : Min Li |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 587 |
| Release | : 2018-05-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107141451 |
A thought-provoking book on the archaeology of power, knowledge, social memory, and the emergence of classical tradition in early China.
| Author | : Tara Sanchez |
| Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2021-03-08 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0738764361 |
Develop Relationships with the Fae for a Lifelong Journey of Magick Meet dozens of faeries that have adapted to the modern world and can be found in the most unexpected places. Urban Faery Magick introduces you to these mystical beings, providing tips and techniques for interacting with them as you travel your own spiritual path. Author Tara Sanchez explores dozens of case studies and shares her own personal stories of fae encounters, uniquely associating each faery with one of the elements from Eastern or Western traditions. You will learn about the Zaragoza goblin, Jon the Rust Spirit, Jenny Green-teeth, the Santiago Park Pixie, and many more. This book also includes dozens of hands-on exercises, including traditional Celtic practices, chants, invocations, breath work, dowsing, scrying, and interpreting signs as you discover the important lessons the fae can teach us. Faeries are no strangers to the cities of the world. They walk the streets and live their lives in the forlorn alleys, waterways, nooks, and crannies that are often overlooked. Urban Faery Magick shows you how to connect with these misunderstood creatures and experience their energy.
| Author | : David W. Pankenier |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2013-10-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107006724 |
Drawing on a vast array of scholarship, this pioneering text illustrates how profoundly astronomical phenomena shaped ancient Chinese civilization.
| Author | : David N. Keightley |
| Publisher | : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
An ETHS graduate of 1949 brings ancient China to life with careful scholarship, producing a brilliant synthesis of Shang civilization.
| Author | : Lisa Raphals |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 499 |
| Release | : 2013-10-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107010756 |
This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.
| Author | : Kwang-chih Chang |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2005-01-01 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0300093829 |
Paleolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites with extraordinary jade and ceramic artifacts, excavated tombs and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties--all these are part of the archaeological riches of China. This magnificent book surveys China's archaeological remains and in the process rewrites the early history of the world's most enduring civilization. Eminent scholars from China and America show how archaeological evidence establishes that Chinese culture did not spread from a single central area, as was long assumed, but emerged out of geographically diverse, interacting Neolithic cultures. Taking us to the great archaeological finds of the past hundred years--tombs, temples, palaces, cities--they shed new light on many aspects of Chinese life. With a wealth of fascinating detail and hundreds of reproductions of archaeological discoveries, including very recent ones, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Chinese antiquity and Chinese views on the formation of their own civilization.
| Author | : John Lagerwey |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1281 |
| Release | : 2008-12-24 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004168354 |
Together, and for the first time in any language, the 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient China from the emergence of writing ca. 1250 BC to the collapse of the first major imperial dynasty in 220 AD. It is a multi-faceted tale of changing gods and rituals that includes the emergence of a form of “secular humanism” that doubts the existence of the gods and the efficacy of ritual and of an imperial orthodoxy that founds its legitimacy on a distinction between licit and illicit sacrifices. Written by specialists in a variety of disciplines, the essays cover such subjects as divination and cosmology, exorcism and medicine, ethics and self-cultivation, mythology, taboos, sacrifice, shamanism, burial practices, iconography, and political philosophy. Produced under the aegis of the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations chinoise, japonaise et tibétaine (UMR 8155) and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris).
