The Buddha's Wizards Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism |
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| Author:
| Patton, Thomas Nathan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-18761-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.