[PDF.74lj] The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult (Asian Religions and Cultures)

The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult (Asian Religions and Cultures)

[PDF.ji37] The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult (Asian Religions and Cultures)

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 | #672034 in Books |  2008-05-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x1.00 x6.13l,1.52 | File type: PDF | 392 pages

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|| |"[A]n anthropological account of a little-known cult, embedded in a rich description of its historical texts . . . The book's originality is in both the material and the way in which the author has made a complex of legends and surviving rituals available to a

This anthropological study examines the cult of the Chinese goddess Chen Jinggu, divine protector of women and children. The cult of the "Lady of Linshui" began in the province of Fujian on the southeastern coast of China during the eleventh century and remains vital in present-day Taiwan. Skilled in Daoist practices, Chen Jinggu's rituals of exorcism and shamanism mobilize physiological alchemy in the service of human and natural fertility. Through her fieldwork at the...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult (Asian Religions and Cultures)   |  Brigitte Baptandier. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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