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Occult Japan

Shinto, shamanism, and the Way of the Gods

Also known as Occult Japan; or, The way of the gods; Occult Japan; or, The way of the gods; an esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession

by Percival Lowell

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Content type: Primary source
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Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wikisource matched “Occult”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “esoteric” in the alternative title, “occult” in the alternative title, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occult”· via English Wikisource
    • “occult”· in title
    • “esoteric”· in alternative title
    • “occult”· in alternative title
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Demoniac possession”. Retained metadata contains “possession” in the alternative title, “Demoniac possession” in the subject metadata, “possession” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Demoniac possession”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demoniac possession”· via Open Library
    • “possession”· in alternative title
    • “Demoniac possession”· in subject
    • “possession”· in subject
    • “possession”· in edition subtitle
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Spirit possession”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subtitle and “Spirit possession” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spirit possession”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in subtitle
    • “Spirit possession”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Cults”. Retained metadata contains “Gods” in the subtitle, “Gods” in the alternative title, “Cults” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Cults”· via Internet Archive
    • “Cults”· via Open Library
    • “Gods”· in subtitle
    • “Gods”· in alternative title
    • “Cults”· in subject
    • “Gods”· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 30 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Occult Japan, or, The way of the gods

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1894-01-01T00:00:00Z(Cambridge : The Riverside Press); (Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. : Electrotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton & Co.); Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and CompanyEnglish—Public digitized item

Occult Japan, or, The way of the gods

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1894Boston : Houghton, Mifflin & Company; Houghton, Mifflin & CompanyEnglish—Public

or, The way of the gods : an esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession

English Wikisource transcription linked to Wikidata

1894Boston : Houghton, Mifflin; Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company; Houghton Mifflin HarcourtEnglish—Public reader

Subjects

16 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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  • 2400155

Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Wellesley College Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellesley College Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 30 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Wikidata instance type: version, edition or translation
  • Wikidata item description: 1894 edition of work by Percival Lowell
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openlibrary-work:OL4442245W
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