Cult Of Tara

“An outstanding achievement” — Times Literary Supplement

 

“The magnitude of this work is awesome” — Virginia Quarterly Review

 

“A major milestone in the subject” — Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

 

“Dazzlingly brilliant” — Philosophy East and West

 

“A quintessential resource for the study of Tibetan Buddhist religion and ritual” — The Tibetan and Himalayan Library

List of contents

Illustrations

Worship: Offerings, Praises, and Prayer
Application: Protection and Attack
Acquisition: Initiation and Ritual Service

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Steven Beyer has Ph.D. degrees in religious studies and in psychology, and has taught as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Graduate Theological Union.

 

Beyer is an independent scholar doing research and fieldwork in ethnobotany, shamanism, ethnomedicine, and hallucinogenic plants and fungi, with a focus on indigenous and shamanic healing systems and the cognitive psychology of anomalous experiences. His current research centers on concepts of healing and the lived body across cultures, the cross-cultural transmission of ethnomedical systems, the role of alternative medical models, and differing cultural conceptions of herbalism and the healing plants.

Summary

Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? This title presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists.

Product details

• Authors: Stephan Beyer, Stephan V. Beyer, Stephen Beyer, Thomas R. Beyer, Beyer Stephan V., Kees Bolle
• Assisted by: Kees Bolle (Introduction), Bolle Kees (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1978
• EAN: 9780520036352
• ISBN: 978-0-520-03635-2
• No. of pages: 572
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 36 mm
• Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the H; Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Tibet, RELIGION / Devotional, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs