The catalpa bow : a study of shamanistic practices in Japan
- Title
- The catalpa bow : a study of shamanistic practices in Japan / Carmen Blacker.
- Published by
- London : Allen & Unwin, 1975.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 376 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Contents
- The bridge -- The sacred beings -- Witch animals -- The other world -- Ascesis -- The ancient Sibyl -- The living goddess -- The blind medium -- The ascetic's initiation -- The visionary journey -- The symbolic journey -- The ascetic's power -- Village oracles -- Mountain oracles -- Exorcism -- Conclusion.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 350-359.