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Titolo: | Religion and the subtle body in Asia and the West : between mind and body / / edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Jay Johnston |
Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina: | 202/.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Astral body |
Mind and body | |
Philosophy and religion - Asia | |
Altri autori: | JohnstonJay SamuelGeoffrey |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Subtle bodies in China and India -- pt. 2. Subtle bodies in the Tibetan tradition -- pt. 3. Subtle bodies in Europe and Islam -- pt. 4. Subtle bodies and modernity. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a variety of perspectives, and includes both studies of these practices in Asian and Western contexts.The book discusses how subtle-body practices assume a quasi-material level of human existence that is intermediate between conventional concepts of body and mind. Often, this level is conceiv |
Titolo autorizzato: | Religion and the subtle body in Asia and the West |
ISBN: | 1-136-76647-2 |
0-203-55824-3 | |
1-299-46947-7 | |
1-136-76640-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910800087903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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