The Immortals: Faces of the Incredible in Buddhist Burma 9780824854881
In 1952 a twenty-six-year-old man living in a village in Central Burma was possessed by weikza—humans with extraordinary
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English Pages 384 [352] Year 2015
Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Translator’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on the English Edition
A Word to the Reader
Dramatis Personae
1. From Belief to Believing
2. Being a Disciple, Fashioning a Cult
3. The Possessed
4. In Quest of Invulnerability
5. Trial by Fire
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Translator’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on the English Edition
A Word to the Reader
Dramatis Personae
1. From Belief to Believing
2. Being a Disciple, Fashioning a Cult
3. The Possessed
4. In Quest of Invulnerability
5. Trial by Fire
Notes
Bibliography
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Guillaume Rozenberg (editor)
- George Tanabe (editor)
- Ward Keeler (editor)
