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Tibetan Demonology

by Christopher Bell

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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Tibetan Demonology discusses the rich taxonomy of gods and demons encountered in Tibet. These spirits are often the cause of, and exhorted for, diverse violent and wrathful activities. This Element consists of four thematic sections. The first section, 'Spirits and the Body', explores oracular possession and spirit-induced illnesses. The second section, 'Spirits and Time', discusses the role of gods in Tibetan astrology and ritual calendars. The third section, 'Spirits and Space', examines the relationship between divinities and the Tibetan landscape. The final section, 'Spirits and Doctrine', explores how certain deities act as fierce protectors of religious and political institutions.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref and openalex matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the title, “Demonology” in the description, “demons” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “demonology”· via Crossref
    • “demonology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Demonology”· in title
    • “Demonology”· in description
    • “demons”· in description
    • “possession”· in description
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Shamanism”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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Crossref publisher-supplied book record

2020-06-30Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9781108670715
  • 9781108712675
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Subjects

25 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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Catalog id
crossref:10.1017/9781108670715
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