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The ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected with the religious system of China. This volume contains Parts IV and V (War against specters and Priesthood of animism) of Book II (On the soul and ancestral worship). Contents: Place of demonocracy and exorcism in the Taoist system; Antiquity of exorcism; Light and fire, fireworks, and noise; Shen-tu and Yuh-lei, peaches, tigers, ropes; Cock; Twigs and brooms; Exorcising processions; Weapons; Mirrors; Dogs and blood; Classical and other writings; Spells and charms; War against…mehr

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The ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected with the religious system of China. This volume contains Parts IV and V (War against specters and Priesthood of animism) of Book II (On the soul and ancestral worship). Contents: Place of demonocracy and exorcism in the Taoist system; Antiquity of exorcism; Light and fire, fireworks, and noise; Shen-tu and Yuh-lei, peaches, tigers, ropes; Cock; Twigs and brooms; Exorcising processions; Weapons; Mirrors; Dogs and blood; Classical and other writings; Spells and charms; War against animal-demons; Exorcising therapeutics and medical charms; Sepulchral medicines and amulets; Evil averted or exorcised by means of substitutes or surrogates; Domonolatry; Miscellaneous practices against spectral evil; Use and disuse of names; Man an exorcist by nature, and on account of his learning, position, and virtue; Specter-seers; Historical and mythical specialists in exorcism; Wu-ism before and during the Han Period; Wu-ism after the Han Period; Sacrificing and exorcising Wu of the present time; Possessed mediums, exorcists and seers; Spirit-writing and other oracular work; Female Wu-ism of the present.
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