1st Edition

Vietnamese Supernaturalism Views from the Southern Region

By Thien Do Copyright 2003
320 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

The beliefs and practices surrounding the meanings and symbols of the spirit world in Vietnam are explored in detail in this innovative study on popular religion in the country. The author shows an abiding interest in the 'subconscious life' at a grassroots level alongside rational formations of cosmological understanding which effect politics and economics on a national scale. By bringing... Read more
Introduction 1. The Dinh 2. Platform for the Immotals 3. Trance and Shadow 4. Self-Cultivation as Mode of Discourse and Action 5. Daoists from the Mountain Conclusion

Biography

Thien Do