Title: Boktips: Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas
Description: Surendra Bahadur Shahi, Christian Rätsch
Description: Surendra Bahadur Shahi, Christian Rätsch
Thomas - June 20, 2005 07:08 AM (GMT)
Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas - Surendra Bahadur Shahi, Christian Rätsch, Claudia Müller-Ebeling
"The first comprehensive guide to the shamans and tantrikas of Nepal 605 color and black-and-white illustrations, including 135 color thangkas.
* Includes more than 20 psychoactives never before documented.
* The result of 18 years of field research.
The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal may be the only culture in the world where both shamanic and tantric techniques are still alive and in full practice today. The result of eighteen years of field research, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of shamanism that is based on the knowledge and experience of the different tribes from that region. Included are original statements from the various ethnic groups and 135 color thangkas, which act as visual guides to the specific practices of the tantric tradition. In addition to the thangkas, the book is lavishly illustrated with numerous photos of different shamanic healing ceremonies, ritual objects, and culturally significant plants that have never been published before. The book also contains a wealth of original recipes, smoking mixtures, scientific tables, charts, and descriptions of more than 20 plants whose psychoactive properties and uses by shamans have never before been researched or documented."
Den här boken rekomenderar jag varmt, den är lättläst, undehållande och akademisk på ett tokigt vis. Stundtals riktigt vacker att läsa tack vare alla illustrationer.
Personligen tycker jag den är extra roligt för jag har träffat en av bokens huvudkällor i verkligheten: Mohan Rai, samma man som sa till mig att "all books about shamanism are bullshit!!"
God läsning,
Thomas
"The first comprehensive guide to the shamans and tantrikas of Nepal 605 color and black-and-white illustrations, including 135 color thangkas.
* Includes more than 20 psychoactives never before documented.
* The result of 18 years of field research.
The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal may be the only culture in the world where both shamanic and tantric techniques are still alive and in full practice today. The result of eighteen years of field research, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of shamanism that is based on the knowledge and experience of the different tribes from that region. Included are original statements from the various ethnic groups and 135 color thangkas, which act as visual guides to the specific practices of the tantric tradition. In addition to the thangkas, the book is lavishly illustrated with numerous photos of different shamanic healing ceremonies, ritual objects, and culturally significant plants that have never been published before. The book also contains a wealth of original recipes, smoking mixtures, scientific tables, charts, and descriptions of more than 20 plants whose psychoactive properties and uses by shamans have never before been researched or documented."
Den här boken rekomenderar jag varmt, den är lättläst, undehållande och akademisk på ett tokigt vis. Stundtals riktigt vacker att läsa tack vare alla illustrationer.
Personligen tycker jag den är extra roligt för jag har träffat en av bokens huvudkällor i verkligheten: Mohan Rai, samma man som sa till mig att "all books about shamanism are bullshit!!"
God läsning,
Thomas