The Buddha's wizards :
Patton, Thomas Nathan,
The Buddha's wizards : magic, protection, and healing in Burmese Buddhism / Thomas Nathan Patton. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 187 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vanguards of the Sāsana -- The Buddha's chief wizard -- Women of the wizard king -- Pagodas of power -- Wizards in the shadows.
Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
9780231547376 0231547374
22573/ctv7qg38m JSTOR
2018033294
Buddhism--Burma.
Wizards--Burma.
Occultism--Burma.
Buddhism.
Occultism.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
Burma--Religious life and customs.
Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438
294.3/43309591
The Buddha's wizards : magic, protection, and healing in Burmese Buddhism / Thomas Nathan Patton. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 187 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vanguards of the Sāsana -- The Buddha's chief wizard -- Women of the wizard king -- Pagodas of power -- Wizards in the shadows.
Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
9780231547376 0231547374
22573/ctv7qg38m JSTOR
2018033294
Buddhism--Burma.
Wizards--Burma.
Occultism--Burma.
Buddhism.
Occultism.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
Burma--Religious life and customs.
Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438
294.3/43309591
