Invocation, possession and rejuvenation in Upper Tibet : the beliefs, activities and lives of spirit-mediums residing in the Highest Land
This dissertation comprehensively examines the hereditary links, ritual practices and pantheon of indigenous deities on which the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet rely. Known as lha-pa, dpa' bo and lhamo, these specialists in channeling the gods operate in the overlapping Stod and Byang-thang regi...
Main Author: | Bellezza, John Vincent |
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Other Authors: | Alexiades, Miguel ; Mair, Jonathan |
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University of Kent
2018
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745374 |
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