{"product_id":"tibetan-magic-past-and-present-paperback","title":"Tibetan Magic: Past and Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCameron Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAleksandra Wenta\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both pre-modern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices.\u003c\/b\u003e It offers a new understanding of the identity and role of magical specialists in both historical and contemporary contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the theoretical approaches of anthropology, ethnography, religious and textual studies, the book aims to shed light on experiences, practices and practitioners that have been frequently marginalized by the normative mainstream monastic Buddhist\u003cbr\u003etraditions and Western Buddhist scholarship, which focuses primarily on meditation and\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book explores the intersection between magic\/folk practices and Tantra, a complex, socio-religious phenomenon associated not only with the religious and political elites who sponsored it, but also with 'marginal' ethnic groups and social milieus, as well as with lay communities at large, who resorted to ritual agents to fulfil their worldly needs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAleksandra Wenta\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Indology and Tibetology at the University of Florence, Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCameron Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar, USA.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737022369888,"sku":"9781350354982","price":93.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/F_NQNEX_J9781350354982.webp?v=1777859744","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/tibetan-magic-past-and-present-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}