Aghor medicine: pollution, death, and healing in northern india
Auteur :
Barrett, Ronald L.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520252196
Date de publication :
4 mars 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
318 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies.