A Celebration Of Demons
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A Celebration Of Demons
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Author : Bruce Kapferer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-01-07
A Celebration Of Demons written by Bruce Kapferer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-07 with Philosophy categories.
The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general.
A Celebration Of Demons
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Author : Bruce Kapferer
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1991
A Celebration Of Demons written by Bruce Kapferer and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Demonology categories.
Stressing the importance of performance in the organization of ritual experience, Kapferer reveals that music, dance, and comicdrama are key aesthetic forms in Sinhalese demon ceremonies.
Demons In The Details
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Author : Sara Ronis
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Demons In The Details written by Sara Ronis and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with History categories.
The Babylonian Talmud is full of stories of demonic encounters, and it also includes many laws that attempt to regulate such encounters. In this book, Sara Ronis takes the reader on a journey across the rabbinic canon, exploring how late antique rabbis imagined, feared, and controlled demons. Ronis contextualizes the Talmud's thought within the rich cultural matrix of Sasanian Babylonia, placing rabbinic thinking in conversation with Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Syriac Christian, Zoroastrian, and Second Temple Jewish texts about demons to delve into the interactive communal context in which the rabbis created boundaries between the human and the supernatural, and between themselves and other religious communities. Demons in the Details explores the wide range of ways that the rabbis participated in broader discussions about beliefs and practices with their neighbors, out of which they created a profoundly Jewish demonology.
Demonizing The Other
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Author : Robert S. Wistrich
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1999
Demonizing The Other written by Robert S. Wistrich and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Antisemitism categories.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka
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Author : Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-19
Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka written by Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Social Science categories.
This book examines the worship of devas and demons in Sri Lanka, illustrating how diverse influences interacted to create the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. The work explains the processes by which apotheosis plays an important role in revitalizing that cosmology. The author offers an examination of holy sites associated with the worship of Hūniyam. These sacred spaces each have a unique background historically, and the ritualists associated with these sites have divergent understandings concerning Hūniyam. Building upon the examination of the temples, the book delves into the iconography of Hūniyam, illustrating his transformation from demon to deity in the manner that he is depicted in imagery associated with his worship. The book moves to a discussion of Aritṭ ạ Kivenḍu Perumāl, a South Indian adventurer, demonstrating the likelihood that he is the historical figure later apotheosized as Hūniyam. Sri Lankan society felt his impact so strongly that in death he became a demon in the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. Finally, the book demonstrates that the same apotheosis processes are at work today. This book will be of interest to researchers and students engaged in the study of religion, anthropology, folklore, and history, specifically in the South Asian context.
Women And Demons
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Author : Gerda Sengers
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-11
Women And Demons written by Gerda Sengers and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Social Science categories.
This rich ethnographic study describes the nearly impossible challenge of the daily existence of women in the poor neighbourhoods of Cairo. When these women fall ill they often put the blame on beings from an invisible world that invaded their body (possession), and they seek the help of traditional healers in the Zar ceremony or Koran healing. This book examines in detail the links between cosmology, power and gender. It tackles questions such as ‘what is possession, what is being said with it, and what does society have to do with it?’. The author, who lived a long time in various poor areas of Cairo, attended many sessions of Koran healing and participated in the Zar ceremony. She observed and interviewed many possessed women, as well as healers and other ‘demon specialists’.
The Disguises Of The Demon
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Author : Gail Hinich Sutherland
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Disguises Of The Demon written by Gail Hinich Sutherland and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Religion categories.
Among the most ancient deities of South Asia, the yakshas straddle the boundaries between popular and textual traditions in both Hinduism and Buddhism and both benevolent and malevolent facets. As a figure of material plenty, the yaksis epitomized as Kubera, god of wealth and king of the yaks In demonic guise, the yaksis related to a large family of demonic and quasi-demonic beings, such as nagas, gandharvas, raks, and the man-eating pisaacas. Translating and interpreting texts and passages from the Vedic literature, the Hindu epics, the Puranas, Kālidāsa's Meghadūta, and the Buddhist Jātaka Tales, Sutherland traces the development and transformation of the elusive yaks from an early identification with the impersonal absolute itself to a progressively more demonic and diminished terrestrial characterization. Her investigation is set within the framework of a larger inquiry into the nature of evil, misfortune, and causation in Indian myth and religion.
Criminal Gods And Demon Devotees
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Author : Alf Hiltebeitel
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1989-09-21
Criminal Gods And Demon Devotees written by Alf Hiltebeitel and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-09-21 with Religion categories.
The Hindu sacred order is guarded by the very gods who violate it and the demons who oppose it. This book is a who's who of such transgressive figures, both familiar and unfamiliar, showing their place within the Hindu order that they violate. It is also a reflection of the serious scholarly debate over the nature and composition of this Hindu order. The chapters range from pan-Hindu deities such as Bhairava and Virabhadra to guardian gods of specific regions and lineages and of different goddess cults. Chapters cover violent themes in SAaivite hagiography, the position of Brahmans in relation to cultic carnivorism, guardian heroes in folk epic, the deified dead, the royal mythology of a "criminal caste," and a wide-ranging overview of transgressive sacrality.
Asian And Pentecostal
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Author : Allan Anderson
language : en
Publisher: OCMS
Release Date : 2005
Asian And Pentecostal written by Allan Anderson and has been published by OCMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Asia categories.
Provides a thematic discussion and case studies on the history and development of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in the countries of South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia.
Theorizing Rituals
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Author : Jens Kreinath
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007
Theorizing Rituals written by Jens Kreinath and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.
Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are considered most relevant for the field of ritual theory. Instead of proposing yet another theory of ritual, the bibliography is a comprehensive monument documenting four decades of theorizing rituals.