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Monks and Magic : Revisiting a Classic Study of Religious Ceremonies in Thailand by Barend Jan Terwiel (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNordic Institute of Asian Studies

ISBN-108776941019

ISBN-139788776941017

eBay Product ID (ePID)117285243

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NameMonks and Magic : Revisiting a Classic Study of Religious Ceremonies in Thailand

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

SubjectBuddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Magick Studies, Hermetism & Rosicrucianism

TypeTextbook

AuthorBarend Jan Terwiel

Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal294.34809593

SynopsisFirst published in 1975, Terwiel's Monks and Magic remains a widely cited text. This is an absorbing study of Buddhism as practised at that time in a community in rural Central Thailand. This fourth edition is a major revision that updates the original text, adds new material and offers a contemporary perspective on the original study., First published in 1975, B.J. Terwiel's "Monks and Magic" remains a widely cited text. This is an absorbing study of Buddhism as practised at that time in a community in rural Central Thailand. It describes how esoteric spells and magical diagrams were the main interest of children and adolescents but full ritual knowledge was obtained in adulthood and tempered by life experiences. As death approaches, the Buddhist world-view stimulates merit-making. This fourth edition of the work is a major revision that updates the original text, adds new material and offers a contemporary perspective on the original study., First published in 1975, B.J. Terwiel's Monks and Magic remains a widely cited text. This is an absorbing study of Buddhism as practised at that time in a community in rural Central Thailand, describing how esoteric spells and magical diagrams were the main interest of children and adolescents but full ritual knowledge was obtained in adulthood and tempered by life experiences. As death approaches, the Buddhist world view stimulates merit-making. This reproduction of the 1979 second revised edition is augmented by new material on magic and Buddhism in Southeast Asia by Professor Terwiel, a renowned specialist on the social and cultural history of Thailand.