Early tantric medicine: snakebite, mantras, and healing in the garuda tantras
Auteur :
Slouber, Michael
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190461812
Date de publication :
22 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,7 x 3,3 cm
Poids :
703 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Early Tantric Medicine explores the mantra-based systems for healing snakebite found in the ancient Hindu texts called the Garuda Tantras. It engages with broader questions of medical efficacy, and describes a worldview in which powerful gods and goddesses are available to anyone who learns the secret methods of propitiating them.