Divination in Exile

Divination in Exile
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9789004440784
ISBN-13 : 900444078X
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Book Synopsis Divination in Exile by : Alexander Kingsbury Smith

Download or read book Divination in Exile written by Alexander Kingsbury Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Drawing from multi-site ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Himachal Pradesh and the translation of previously unpublished Tibetan language materials, Divination in Exile offers a valuable, social scientific contribution to our understanding of the perception and usage of ritual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.


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