Chinese magical medicine / Michel Strickmann ; edited by Bernard Faure.
Pubblicazione:
Stanford : Stanford university press, c2002.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Asian religions & cultures
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Foreword. Abbreviations and conventions. 1. Disease and Taoist law 2. Demonology and epidemiology 3. The literature of spells 4. Ensigillation: a Buddho-Taoist technique of exorcism 5. The genealogy of spirit possession 6. Tantrists, foxes and shamans. Notes. Bibliography. Index
