Recipes For Immortality
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Recipes For Immortality
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Author : Richard S Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-19
Recipes For Immortality written by Richard S Weiss and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-19 with Religion categories.
Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional doctors still thrive in the modern world. In Recipes for Immortality, Richard Weiss illuminates their continued success by examining the ways in which siddha medical practitioners in Tamil South India win the trust and patronage of patients. While biomedicine might alleviate a patient's physical distress, siddha doctors offer their clientele much more: affiliation to a timeless and pure community, the fantasy of a Tamil utopia, and even the prospect of immortality. They speak of a golden age of Tamil civilization and of traditional medicine, drawing on broader revivalist formulations of a pure and ancient Tamil community. Weiss analyzes the success of siddha doctors, focusing on how they have successfully garnered authority and credibility. While shedding light on their lives, vocations, and aspirations, Weiss also documents the challenges that siddha doctors face in the modern world, both from a biomedical system that claims universal efficacy, and also from the rival traditional medicine, ayurveda, which is promoted as the national medicine of an autonomous Indian state. Drawing on ethnographic data; premodern Tamil texts on medicine, alchemy, and yoga; government archival resources; college textbooks; and popular literature on siddha medicine and on the siddhar yogis, he presents an in-depth study of this traditional system of knowledge, which serves the medical needs of millions of Indians. Weiss concludes with a look at traditional medicine at large, and demonstrates that siddha doctors, despite resent trends toward globalization and biomedicine, reflect the wider political and religious dimensions of medical discourse in our modern world. Recipes for Immortality proves that medical authority is based not only on physical effectiveness, but also on imaginative processes that relate to personal and social identities, conceptions of history, secrecy, loss, and utopian promise.
Daoist Dietetics
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Author : Livia Kohn
language : en
Publisher: Three Pine Press
Release Date : 2010
Daoist Dietetics written by Livia Kohn and has been published by Three Pine Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Health & Fitness categories.
Livia Kohn is Professor Emerita of Religion and East Asian Studies at Boston University. --Book Jacket.
Chinese History And Culture
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Author : Ying-shih Yü
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Chinese History And Culture written by Ying-shih Yü and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with History categories.
The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times? From Yü Ying-shih's perspective, the Dao, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the Dao, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 1 of Chinese History and Culture explores how the Dao was reformulated, expanded, defended, and preserved by Chinese intellectuals up to the seventeenth century, guiding them through history's darkest turns. Essays incorporate the evolving conception of the soul and the afterlife in pre- and post-Buddhist China, the significance of eating practices and social etiquette, the move toward greater individualism, the rise of the Neo-Daoist movement, the spread of Confucian ethics, and the growth of merchant culture and capitalism. A true panorama of Chinese culture's continuities and transition, Yü Ying-shih's two-volume Chinese History and Culture gives readers of all backgrounds a unique education in the meaning of Chinese civilization.
Surrealism Science Fiction And Comics
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Author : Gavin Parkinson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015
Surrealism Science Fiction And Comics written by Gavin Parkinson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although the self-definition of Surrealism and the initial defining of science fiction as a genre both took place in the 1920s and the links between the two are manifest, no full study has appeared till now on Surrealism and SF. Across ten original essays, Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics looks at how the Surrealist movement in France and the USA used, informed, contributed to, and criticised SF from that moment, whilst including discussion of the related genre of comics. Among its aims are a reassessment of Jules Verne in the light of Surrealism and an analysis of the debate in the 1950s on the 'new' Anglo-American literature arriving in France. This received, in fact, a mixed reception from the Surrealists of that decade even though writers and intellectuals close to the movement in the 1920s were directly responsible for its success. The book includes further essays on the subsequent impact of Surrealism on SF novelists J.G. Ballard and Alan Burns, and features essays that argue for Salvador Dalí's closeness to SF in the 1960s and his disagreement with the earlier scientific romance defined by Verne. The chapters that bring in comics range from theoretical discussions of the relation between the original comic strips of Rodolphe Töpffer and the key Surrealist technique of automatism, used in art and writing, through the cybernetic implications of the proto-SF Surrealist ciné-roman 'M. Wzz...' of 1929, which has never discussed in any detail before, to the 1948 Vache paintings by René Magritte, inspired by Louis Forton's strip Les Pieds nickelés. This pioneering set of essays shows how Surrealism from the 1920s to the 1970s did not just receive and adapt SF but impacted the genre in its later manifestations.
General Theory Of Taoism
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Author : Hu Fuchen
language : en
Publisher: Paths International Ltd
Release Date : 2013-02-01
General Theory Of Taoism written by Hu Fuchen and has been published by Paths International Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Religion categories.
To understand Taoism is to understand the roots of contemporary Chinese culture. This hugely significant new book from Hu Fuchen highlights the significance of Taoism in modern day China, and supplies detailed information covering all aspects of a philosophical and religious tradition which is followed by as many as 400 million people worldwide. Comprehensive and user-friendly, the author outlines the principle theories and categories of Taoism covering each aspect in great detail. Whether new to the subject or a follower, this essential book will enable you to better understand all aspects Taoism and appreciate its central role within a newly reformed China.
Early Daoist Dietary Practices
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Author : Shawn Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-06-27
Early Daoist Dietary Practices written by Shawn Arthur and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-27 with Religion categories.
Much as the modern Western world is concerned with diets, health, and anti-aging remedies, many early medieval Chinese Daoists also actively sought to improve their health and increase their longevity through specialized ascetic dietary practices. Focusing on a fifth-century manual of herbal-based, immortality-oriented recipes—the Lingbao Wufuxu (The Preface to the Five Lingbao Talismans of Numinous Treasure)—Shawn Arthur investigates the diets, their ingredients, and their expected range of natural and supernatural benefits. Analyzing the ways that early Daoists systematically synthesized religion, Chinese medicine, and cosmological correlative logic, this study offers new understandings of important Daoist ideas regarding the body’s composition and mutability, health and disease, grain avoidance (bigu) diets, the parasitic Three Worms, interacting with the spirit realm, and immortality. This work also employs a range of cross-disciplinary scientific and medical research to analyze the healing properties of Daoist self-cultivation diets and to consider some natural explanations for better understanding Daoist asceticism and its underlying world view.
Of Tripod And Palate
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Author : R. Sterckx
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-10-06
Of Tripod And Palate written by R. Sterckx and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-06 with Social Science categories.
Attitudes toward food and commensality constituted a central fiber in the social, religious, and political fabric of ancient Chinese society. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in each of China's three main religious traditions: the Classicist (Confucian) tradition, religious Daoism, and Buddhism. What links late Shang and Zhou bronze vessels to Buddhist dietary codes or Daoist recipes for immortality is a poignant testimony that culinary activity - fasting and feasting - governed not only human relationships but also fermented the communication between humans and the spirit world. In Of Tripod and Palate leading scholars examine the relationship between secular and religious food culture in ancient China from various perspectives.
The Secret Of Life Death And Immortality
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Author : Henry Fleetwood
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-11-25
The Secret Of Life Death And Immortality written by Henry Fleetwood and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-25 with Fiction categories.
Begin a mind-expanding journey with 'The Unveiling of the Universe: The Secret of Life, Death, and Immortality'. Author Henry Fleetwood presents a groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental nature of existence, where vibrations and electricity are the keys to understanding the cosmos. Delve into the profound connections between electricity, music, love, and the human experience, as Fleetwood challenges conventional beliefs and illuminates the path to true knowledge. With thought-provoking discussions on immortality, the power of the sun, overcoming fear, healing, and more, this book invites readers to embrace a new paradigm of understanding and transcend the limitations of dogma.
Eight Immortal Flavors
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Author : Johnny Kan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Eight Immortal Flavors written by Johnny Kan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Cooking, Chinese categories.
Bodily Immortality Classic Reprint
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Author : Paul Tyner
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-31
Bodily Immortality Classic Reprint written by Paul Tyner and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-31 with categories.
Excerpt from Bodily Immortality Death in the personal body of so many of earth's greatest and wisest seems to us to make greatness and wis dom impossible in living persons. Be cause Plato and Shakespeare and Dante and Virgil live in their works so largely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.