New Daoist Studies – serie
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Library of Clouds
The Scripture of the Immaculate Numen and the Rewriting of Daoist Texts
Av J.E.E. Pettit, Chao-jan Chang
Inbunden, 2021
735 kr
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From early times, Daoist writers claimed to receive scriptures via revelation from heavenly beings. In numerous cases, these writings were composed over the course of many nights and by different mediums. New revelations were often hastily appended, and the resulting unevenness gave rise to the …
Knotting the Banner
Ritual and Relationship in Daoist Practice
Inbunden, 2021
749 kr
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This book adds richly not only to understanding of the unique form of Daoism in Central Hunan today, but to the entire fashi tradition that rose to prominence in the Song–Yuan.In the hills of China's central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the …
Heavenly Masters
Two Thousand Years of the Daoist State
Inbunden, 2022
777 kr
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The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. In 142 CE, according to Daoist tradition, Zhang was visited by the Lord on High, who named him his vicar on Earth with the title Heavenly Master. The …
Daoism, Internal Alchemy, and the Wonders of Serenity
Tenth Through Eighteenth Centuries
Av Stephen Eskildsen, Stephen Bokenkamp m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
903 kr
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Simply keeping the mind clear and calm was, for many post-Tang Daoists, the path to eternal life and freedom. Through sheer serenity, practitioners believed they could attain immunity to hunger, eliminate sexual function, suspend breath and pulse, engage in astral travel, and command spirits and …
