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Carmen Blacker
Catalpa Bow [PDF ebook]
A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan

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This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 384 ● ISBN 9780203347133 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 1999 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2289205 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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