LEADER 03845nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910784190503321 005 20230616235510.0 010 $a1-280-86810-4 010 $a9786610868100 010 $a1-4294-5308-7 010 $a90-474-0751-2 010 $a1-4337-0729-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334844 035 $a(EBL)280760 035 $a(OCoLC)476024538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249862 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176662 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249862 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228281 035 $a(PQKB)10090174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280760 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280760 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10171711 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86810 035 $a(OCoLC)229185450 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334844 100 $a20050217d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet$b[electronic resource] $ecalling down the gods /$fby John Vincent Bellezza 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (579 p.) 225 1 $aBrill's Tibetan studies library,$x1568-6183 ;$vv. 8 300 $a"Languages of the greater Himalayan region"--Cover. 311 $a90-04-14388-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [489]-500) and indexes. 327 $aForeword by Henk Blezer; Acknowledgments; i) Introduction to the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet; ii) The greater tradition: cross-cultural comparisons; iii) Introduction to Part Two: interviews conducted with spirit-mediums; iv) Introduction to Part Three: the mountain deities of the spirit-mediums; v) Introduction to Part Four: spirit-mediums in the Bon literary tradition; vi) Introduction to Part Five: Bon literary references to the ritual implements and practices of the spiritmediums; i) bsTan-grag lha-pa, born circa 1925; ii) Pho-bo dbang-phyug, born circa 1920 327 $aiii) dPa' dam, born circa 1914iv) Khams-pa'i dpa' chung, born circa 1912; v) sPu-yu, born circa 1939; vi) Bu-chung, born circa 1919; vii) Lha-pa bstan-pa, born circa 1936; viii) Phyogs-bzhi lha-pa, born circa 1927; ix) Lha-klu, born circa 1948; x) dPa' mo, born circa 1925; xi) Pho-bo lha-dbang, born circa 1935; xii) sGrol-dkar, born circa 1952; xiii) Pho-bo mtsho-rgyal, born circa 1939; xiv) Karma rig 'dzin, born circa 1935; xv) Pho-bo chu-bzang, born circa 1924; i) gNyan-chen-thang-lha; ii) rKyang-khra; iii) rTa-rgo; iv) Gangs-ri lha-btsan; v) bTsan-rgod nam-ra; vi) Rol-pa skya-bdun 327 $avii) Dam-can mgar-ba nag-poviii) gNam-mtsho phyug-mo; ix) A recapitulation of the role of mountain deities; i) The origin of the tradition of spirit-mediumship; ii) Phu-wer; iii) The Bon sgra-bla of existence; i) Flat-bell (gshang); ii) Drum; iii) Conch (dung-dkar); iv) Mirror (me-long); v) Arrow and spear; vi) Incense and lustration; vii) Magic missiles (thun); viii) Fortune-summoning (g.yang 'gugs); Conclusion; Illustrations; Bibliography; Indexes 330 $aUnique original material on the phenomenon of the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. With extensive interviews with members of this living tradition. 410 0$aBrill's Tibetan studies library ;$vv. 8. 606 $aShamans$zChina$zTibet Autonomous Region 606 $aBon (Tibetan religion)$xRituals$vTexts 615 0$aShamans 615 0$aBon (Tibetan religion)$xRituals 676 $a299.5/4 700 $aBellezza$b John Vincent$0703230 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784190503321 996 $aSpirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet$93751113 997 $aUNINA