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Jordan, David K.

The Flying Phoenix Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan. [electronic resource] : - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (355 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton Legacy Library. .

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Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix"" writing implement. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these importan.

ISBN: 9781400854202 (electronic bk.) 1400854202 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sects--Taiwan.
Spirit writings.
Automatism.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Taiwan--Religion.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL1975

Dewey Class. No.: 299.51