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The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 1873410859
ISBN-13:: 9781873410851
Pub. Date:: 09/15/1999
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

ISBN-10:: 1873410859
ISBN-13:: 9781873410851
Pub. Date:: 09/15/1999
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan / Edition 1

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This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.

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ISBN-13:	9781873410851
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/15/1999
Series:	Japan Library
Edition description:	3RD
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

1. The Bridge 2. The Sacred Beings 3. Witch Animals 4. The Other World 5. Ascesis 6. The Ancient Sibyl 7. The Living Goddess 8. The Blind Medium 9. The Ascetic’s Initiation 10. The Visionary Journey 11. The Symbolic Journey 12. The Ascetic’s Power 13. Village Oracles 14. Mountain Oracles 15. Exorcism 16. Conclusion

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